TABLE 7.
The top 10 co-cited references based on the number of citations traditional Chinese exercises for musculoskeletal disorders.
| Rank | Citations | Title | First author | Corresponding author | Document type | Year | Journal | IF (2021) |
| 1 | 91 | Tai Chi is effective in treating knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial | Wang, CC | Wang, CC | Article | 2009 | Arthritis and Rheumatism | / |
| 2 | 82 | Effects of Tai Chi exercise on pain, balance, muscle strength, and perceived difficulties in physical functioning in older women with osteoarthritis: A randomized clinical trial | Song, R | Bae, SC | Article | 2003 | Journal of Rheumatology | 5.346 |
| 3 | 67 | Physical activity for osteoarthritis management: A randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating hydrotherapy or Tai Chi classes | Fransen, Marlene | Fransen, Marlene | Article | 2007 | Arthritis and Rheumatism | / |
| 4 | 65 | A randomized trial of Tai Chi for fibromyalgia | Wang, CC | Wang, CC | Article | 2010 | New England Journal of Medicine | 176.082 |
| 5 | 63 | Group and home-based Tai Chi in elderly subjects with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial | Brismee, Jean-Michel | Shen, Chwan-Li | Article | 2007 | Clinical Rehabilitation | 2.884 |
| 6 | 61 | The effect of Tai Chi on health outcomes in patients with chronic conditions–A systematic review | Wang, CC | Wang, CC | Review | 2004 | Archives of Internal Medicine | / |
| 7 | 51 | Effects of t’ai chi training on function and quality of life indicators in older adults with osteoarthritis | Hartman, CA | Hartman, CA | Article | 2000 | Journal of The American Geriatrics Society | 7.538 |
| 8 | 49 | Tai chi Qigong for the quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis: A pilot, randomized, waiting list controlled trial | Lee, HJ | Lee, HJ | Article | 2009 | Clinical Rehabilitation | 2.884 |
| 9 | 34 | Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis. Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee. Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria committee of the American rheumatism association | R. Altman | R. Altman | Review | 1986 | Arthritis and Rrheumatism | / |
| 10 | 33 | Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee | N Bellamy | N Bellamy | Review | 1988 | Journal of Rrheumatology | 5.346 |
| 10 | 33 | Challenges inherent to t’ai chi research: Part I–t’ai chi as a complex multicomponent intervention | Wayne, PM | Wayne | Review | 2008 | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine | 2.381 |