Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: An investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 489-497

  Wolf, Steven L ^a,c   Barnhart, Huiman X ^b   Kutner, Nancy G ^a   McNeely, Elizabeth ^a   Coogler, Carol ^a   Xu, Tingsen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029887607     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01432.x     Document Type: Article

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