Tai Chi: Improving functional balance and predicting subsequent falls in older persons

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2046-2052

  Li, Fuzhong ^a   Harmer, Peter ^b   Fisher, K John ^a   Mcauley, Edward ^c  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Fall prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STRETCHING; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS; TAI JI;

EID: 10044262238     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000147590.54632.E7     Document Type: Article

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