About this episode

This episode discusses the benefits of Tai Chi for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, featuring insights from physiotherapist Julia Zhu.

Tai Chi is a gentle, low-impact exercise that combines slow, controlled movements with balance and mindfulness. In this week’s episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Julia Zhu to discuss the evidence behind Tai Chi and its benefits for people living with knee osteoarthritis. Julia Zhu is a physiotherapist and PhD student at the Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine at the University of Melbourne. She recently submitted her PhD, which focused on developing and evaluating a self-directed online intervention for people with osteoarthritis in a clinical trial, where she developed the RETREAT trial that investigated at the effects of an online Tai Chi program. She has an interest in bridging the gap between research and practice and to drive impact with innovation. RESOURCES MyJoint Tai Chi website Online Unsupervised Tai Chi Intervention for Knee Pain and Function in People With Knee OsteoarthritisThe RETREAT Randomized Clinical Trial CONNECT WITH US Join one of our trials https://www.osteoarthritisresearch.com.au/current-trials Instagram: @ProfDavidHunter Twitter: @ProfDavidHunter @jointactionorg Email: hello@jointaction.info Website: www.jointaction.info/podcast If…

People in this episode

Host: David Hunter

Guest: Julia Zhu

Topics covered

• Tai Chi
• knee osteoarthritis
• exercise
• physiotherapy
• clinical trials
• mindfulness

Keywords

• Tai Chi
• knee pain
• osteoarthritis
• exercise intervention
• physiotherapy
• clinical trial
• mindfulness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, MyJoint Tai Chi, RETREAT Randomized Clinical Trial, osteoarthritisresearch.com.au, jointaction.info

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