Effects of 16-week Tai Chi intervention on postural stability and proprioception of knee and ankle in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-578

  Li, Jing Xian ^b,c   Xu, Dong Qing ^c   Hong, Youlian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; KNEE; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; VISUAL AID;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TAI JI; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51749118454     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn109     Document Type: Letter

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