Quantification of taiji learning in older adults [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1186-1187

  Rosengren, Karl S ^a   Christou, Evangelos ^b   Yang, Yang ^a   Kass, Dennis ^a   Boule, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SPORT; TAIJI; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SELF EFFICACY; TAI JI;

EID: 0043023792     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51376.x     Document Type: Letter

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