Self-report benefits of Tai Chi practice by older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

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

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030846809     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.5.P242     Document Type: Article

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