Therapeutic benefits of Tai Chi exercise: Research review

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Kuramoto, Alice M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP TIME; STRESS; TAI CHI;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAI JI;

EID: 33750831562     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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