Health-related quality of life in the elderly practicing T'ai Chi Chuan

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1077-1083

  Ho, Tsung Jung ^a,b   Wen Miin, Liang ^a   Lien, Chih Hui ^a   Ma, Tso Chiang ^a   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a   Chu, Bow Ching ^a,b   Chang, Hsin Wen ^a   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chang Hua Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAI CHI; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAI JI; TAIWAN;

EID: 37649013916     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0518     Document Type: Article

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