Tai Chi versus brisk walking in elderly women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-393

  Audette, Joseph F ^a   Jin, Young Soo ^b   Newcomer, Renee ^c   Stein, Lauren ^d   Duncan, Gillian ^e   Frontera, Walter R ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Physical fitness; Rehabilitation; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TAI CHI; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TAI JI; WALKING;

EID: 33745331287     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl006     Document Type: Article

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