Basic Beijing twenty-four forms of T'ai Chi exercise and average velocity of sway

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Shih, Jiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE;

EID: 0031065716     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.1.287     Document Type: Article

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