A study design to investigate the effect of intense Tai Chi in reducing falls among older adults transitioning to frailty

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 689-704

  Wolf, Steven L ^a,e   Sattin, Richard W ^b   O'Grady, Michael ^a   Freret, Nana ^a   Ricci, Lois ^d   Greenspan, Arlene I ^a   Xu, Tingsen ^a   Kutner, Michael ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gwinnett Technical College   (United States)

^e Center for Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Frailty; Geriatrics; Tai Chi; Wellness

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TAI JI;

EID: 0035218014     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(01)00168-4     Document Type: Article

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