The effect of Tai Chi Chuan in reducing falls among elderly people: Design of a randomized clinical trial in the Netherlands [ISRCTN98840266]

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zeeuwe, Petra E M ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Van Rossum, Erik ^b,c   Faber, Marjan J ^d   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TAI CHI; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAI JI;

EID: 33746306764     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-6-6     Document Type: Article

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