Review of theses applying Tai Chi and Qigong exercises in the field of health sciences

Year 2025, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 223 - 234, 30.12.2025

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https://doi.org/10.53445/batd.1813891

Abstract

Tai Chi is a mind-body exercise that has been practiced for hundreds of years. Qigong, from which Tai Chi derives its foundations, is considered the root of Traditional Chinese Medicine practices. Both Tai Chi and Qigong have found extensive coverage in the literature. The purpose of this review is to examine and present the details of theses in Türkiye that utilize Tai Chi and Qigong exercises in the field of health sciences. The necessary search for theses to be included in the review was conducted through the Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK) Ulusal Tez Merkezi database. The review included a total of 11 theses, comprising 9 on Tai Chi and 2 on Qigong. The study found that, contrary to the literature, postgraduate theses in Türkiye are conducted on a very small number of patient groups. Future theses could make significant contributions to the literature, by investigating the effects of both Tai Chi and Qigong exercises in a wide variety of patient groups.

Keywords

Tai Chi , Qigong , exercise , graduate thesis , complementary medicine

Thanks

The authors would like to thank Ondokuz Mayıs University for providing access to academic databases.

Sağlık bilimleri alanında Tai Chi ve Qigong egzersizleri uygulanan lisansüstü tezlerin incelenmesi

Abstract

Tai Chi, yüzlerce yıldır kullanılan zihin-beden egzersizidir. Tai Chi’nin temellerini aldığı Qigong, Geleneksel Çin Tıbbı uygulamalarının kökeni olarak kabul edilir. Hem Tai Chi hem de Qigong literatürde kendisine geniş çapta yer bulmuştur. Bu derlemenin amacı ülkemizde sağlık bilimleri alanında Tai Chi ve Qigong egzersiz uygulaması yapılan lisansüstü tezlerin incelenerek detaylarının ortaya konmasıdır. Derlemede yer verilecek tez çalışmaları için gereken tarama Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK) Ulusal Tez Merkezi veri tabanı aracılığıyla sağlandı. Tai Chi grubuna 9, Qigong grubuna 2 tezin alınması sonucu toplam 11 tez derlemeye dahil edildi. Çalışma sonucunda literatürün aksine ülkemizdeki tez çalışmalarının oldukça az sayıda hasta grubunda yapıldığı belirlendi. Gelecekte yapılacak yeni tez çalışmaları, çok çeşitli hasta gruplarında hem Tai Chi hem de Qigong egzersizlerinin etkilerini araştırarak literatüre önemli katkılar sağlayabilir.

Keywords

Tai Chi , Qigong , egzersiz , lisansüstü tez , tamamlayıcı tıp

Thanks

Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi’ne akademik veri tabanlarına erişim sağladığı için teşekkür ederiz.

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