Evaluation of the effectiveness of Tai Chi for improving balance and preventing falls in the older population - A review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 746-754

  Wu, Ge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Older; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AGING; BODY POSTURE; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TAI JI; WALKING;

EID: 0036214759     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50173.x     Document Type: Review

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