Eye-hand coordination of elderly people who practice Tai Chi Chuan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Pei, Yu Cheng ^a   Chou, Shih Wei ^a   Lin, Pay Shih ^a   Lin, Yin Chou ^a   Hsu, Tony H C ^a   Wong, Alice M K ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Eye hand coordination; Motor control; Tai Chi; Tai Chi Chuan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAI CHI; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 40749121310     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60123-0     Document Type: Article

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