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Tai Chi Experience Review Protocol Aims to Inform Person-Centred Programme DesignNew plan to study how Tai Chi helps personal wellbeing
Frontiers in MedicinePublished October 7, 2026DOI ↗Editorial oversight: Dr. Amelia Tan, PhD · Internal Medicine & Chronic Disease
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Recognize this as a protocol only: no Tai Chi experience findings or safety data are yet available.
This publication is a protocol for a qualitative systematic review, not a completed review, and it reports no findings. Its stated scope is to synthesize evidence on people's experiences of practicing Tai Chi for health and wellbeing.
The planned population is people practicing Tai Chi for health and wellbeing. The intervention or exposure of interest is Tai Chi. No comparator, setting, sample size, follow-up duration, or primary outcome data are reported in the protocol.
No results are presented. Main results, effect sizes, absolute numbers, p values or confidence intervals, and direction of effect are all reported as not reported. Safety data, including adverse events, serious adverse events, discontinuations, and tolerability, are also not reported.
The authors state that the review is expected to generate evidence informing the person-centred design, implementation, and future evaluation of Tai Chi programmes, while identifying priorities for future research. Limitations, funding, and conflicts of interest are not reported in the protocol.
Because this is a protocol without results, no clinical conclusions can be drawn at this stage. Clinicians should interpret it as a planned evidence synthesis rather than as evidence of benefit or harm.
If you have ever wondered how Tai Chi actually feels for the people who practice it, new research plans are aiming to find out. Instead of just looking at numbers, this study focuses on the personal experiences of people who use Tai Chi to improve their health and wellbeing.
Because this is a protocol, it is a roadmap for a future review. It does not contain final results yet. The goal is to gather enough information to understand what makes these programs work for real people. This will help experts design better programs that focus on the individual.
By looking at these personal stories, researchers hope to find out what people need most. This information will help shape how Tai Chi is taught and evaluated in the future. It aims to move beyond general data to find what truly helps people feel better.
What this means for you:
A new research plan will gather personal stories to help design better Tai Chi programs for health.
Common questions
What is the goal of this research?
The goal is to gather information about the personal experiences of people practicing Tai Chi for health and wellbeing. This information will help experts design better programs and decide what needs to be studied more in the future.
Does this study have results yet?
No, this is a protocol, which is a plan for a future review. It does not contain any results or data yet, but it will help shape how Tai Chi programs are designed and evaluated later.
Study Details
Study typeMeta analysis
EvidenceLevel 1
PublishedOct 2026
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BackgroundTai Chi is a traditional Chinese mind-body practice that is widely used for health promotion, rehabilitation, symptom management, and overall wellbeing. Although numerous systematic reviews have demonstrated its potential effectiveness across a range of physical and psychological outcomes, quantitative evidence alone cannot explain how individuals experience Tai Chi, why they initiate or sustain practice, or how the practice is integrated into everyday life. Existing qualitative studies have provided valuable insights into participants' experiences; however, these findings remain dispersed across different populations, health conditions, and practice settings. To date, no qualitative evidence synthesis has comprehensively integrated people's experiences of practising Tai Chi across health-related contexts.MethodsThis review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for qualitative evidence synthesis using the meta-aggregation approach. A comprehensive search will be undertaken in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, AMED, Scopus, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Google Scholar, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global from database inception to the final search date. Qualitative studies exploring people's experiences of practising Tai Chi for health and wellbeing will be eligible for inclusion. Two independent reviewers will undertake study selection, methodological quality appraisal, and data extraction. Methodological quality will be assessed using the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research, and confidence in the synthesised findings will be evaluated using the ConQual approach.DiscussionThis review will provide the first comprehensive qualitative evidence synthesis of people's experiences of practising Tai Chi across diverse populations and health-related contexts. The review is expected to generate evidence that informs the person-centred design, implementation, and future evaluation of Tai Chi programmes, while identifying priorities for future research.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, PROSPERO CRD420261473258.
