Effects of T'ai Chi on balance

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1191-1195

  Hain, Timothy C ^a   Fuller, Lyn ^b   Weil, Linda ^b   Kotsias, John ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c American T'ai Chi Tao   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0032697362     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.11.1191     Document Type: Article

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