Effects of Exercise on Joint Sense and Balance in Elderly Men: Tai Chi versus Golf

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 658-667

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Joint proprioception; Postural control

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAI CHI;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; GOLF; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; TAI JI;

EID: 1842505559     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000122077.87090.2E     Document Type: Article

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