published research

Rones designed and implemented the Mind-Body intervention for the following studies:

Virtual Tai Chi Program for Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation: Proof-of-concept Feasibility Trial

Kyle Staller, Mary Paz, Ramel Rones, Eric A. Macklin, Isabelle Garcia-Fischer, Helen Burton Murray, Braden Kuo

NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, 2022

A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia

Wang, Schmid, Rones, Kalish, Yinh, Goldenberg, Lee, McAlindon

THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2010

Altered Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Cognitive Control Network in Fibromyalgia and the Modulation Effect of Mind-Body Intervention

Kong, Wolcott, Wang, Jorgensen, Harvey, Tao, Rones, Wang

BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR JOURNAL, 2019

Effect of Tai Chi Versus Aerobic Exercise for Fibroymalgia: Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial

Wang, Schmid, Fielding, Harvey, Reid, Price, Driban, Kalish, Rones, McAlindon

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2018

Comparative Effectiveness of Tai Chi Versus Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial

Wang, Schmid, Iversen, Harvey, Fielding, Driban, Price, Wong, Reid, Rones, McAlindon

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2016

Assessing the Comparative Effectiveness of Tai Chi versus Physical Therapy for Knee OsteoArthritis

Wang, Iverson, McAlindon, Harvey, Wong, Fielding, Driban, Price, Rones, Gamache, Schmid

BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, 2014

Tai Chi is Effective in Treating Knee OsteoArthritis: A Randomized Control Trial

Chenchen Wang , Christopher H Schmid, Patricia L Hibberd, Robert Kalish, Ronenn Roubenoff, Ramel Rones, Timothy McAlindon

ARTHRITIS CARE AND RESEARCH, 2009

Jean Mayer University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University, Dr. Iwin Rosenberg, talks about his research on Sarcopenia, muscle health, and aging, as well as the beneficial effects of resistance training and gentle movements such as Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

Check out this summary of Dr. Rosenberg's work on nutrition and the nutritional pyramid.

a selection of peer reviewed articles co-authored by rones

Tai Chi for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: Designing a Long-term Follow up Randomized Controlled Trial

Wang , Schmid, Hibberd, Kalish, Roubenoff, Rones, Okparavero, McAlindon

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, 2008

Effect of Tai Chi in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Wang, Roubenoff, Lau, Kalish, Schmiod, Tighiouart, Rones, Hibberd

RHEUMATOLOGY, 2005

Co-investigator, Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis and Tai Chi for OsteoArthritis

PI: Chenchen Wang, MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center. September 2005 - Present

Co-investigator, Pilot study of Chi Kung’s Effect on Mood and Cortisol in Metastatic Breast Cancer

PI: Ursula Matulonis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Zakim Center for Complementary Therapies and the friends of the Dana-Farber. 2004 - 2005

Co-investigator, A study of Immunologic Activity in Connection with Two Exercise Programs (modified exercise and qigong) in Patients with Cancer

PI: Paul Richardson

The Brain-Body Interaction in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot Study to Assay Immunologic Activity in Connection with Two Exercise Programs (Modified Exercise and Qigong) in Patients with Cancer (pdf). Richardson, Paul M.D., Rones, Ramel. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Qualitative Study of Cancer Patients' Experiences with and Reasons for Intensively Pursuing QiGong, A Chinese Meditative Exercise Therapy (pdf).
Conboy, Junghans, Ellal, Rones, Kerr. Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Acupuncture Research, Cambridge, 2003.

Tai Chi Improves Pain and Functional Status in Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf). Wang, Lau, Roubenoff, Kalish, Schmid, Rones, Hibberd.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Acupuncture Research, Cambridge, 2003.