Comparison of muscle torque, balance, and confindence in older Tai Chi and healthy adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 280-289

  Tsang, William W N ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Falls; Isokinetic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; STANDING; TAI CHI; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAI JI; TORQUE;

EID: 13444304266     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000152735.06282.58     Document Type: Article

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