Frail elders’ views of tai chi

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Chen, Kuei Min ^a   Chen, Wen Ting ^b   Wang, Jing Ji ^a   Huang, Min Feng ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Frail elders; Perspectives; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAI CHI; TAIWAN; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAI JI; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22044433143     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00134372-200503000-00003     Document Type: Article

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