Mobility impairment in type 2 diabetes: Association with muscle power and effect of Tai Chi intervention

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2120-2122

  Orr, Rhonda ^a,d   Tsang, Tracey ^a   Lam, Paul ^b   Comino, Elizabeth ^b   Singh, Maria Fiatarone ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tufts University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845324533     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1130     Document Type: Article

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