Effects of digitalized Tai Chi intervention on muscle function and physical performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13038443 · PMID 41929899

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The medium-to-long-term intervention group included three studies, where the pooled effect size similarly failed to reach statistical significance [SMD = 0.21, 95% CI (−0.13, 0.54), p = 0.22] despite low within-group heterogeneity.

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Although the pooled result after exclusion showed a slight numerical shift (SMD = 0.17, 95% CI: −0.08 to 0.42, p = 0.18), it did not reach statistical significance.

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