Tai Chi and older people in the community: A preliminary study

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Morris Docker, Sara ^a  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Group exercise; Health and well being; Older people; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAI CHI; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAI JI; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33646485946     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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