The effects on sensorimotor performance and balance with Tai Chi training

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Fong, Siu Ming ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Muscles; Posture; Reaction time; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TAI CHI;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAI JI;

EID: 30144436713     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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