A 10-week Tai-Chi program improved the blood pressure, lipid profile and SF-36 scores in Hong Kong Chinese women

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ko, Gary T C ^a,b   Tsang, Patrick C C ^a   Chan, Hamish C K ^a  

^a AH Nethersole Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b Alice HML Nethersole Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Exercise; SF 36; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAI CHI; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAI JI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646485977     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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