Comparison of the kinetic characteristics of standing and sitting Tai Chi forms

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 1891-1900

  Leung, Eric S F ^a   Tsang, William W N ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Clinical choice; Sitting Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SITTING; STANDING; TAI CHI;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; TAI JI; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 57549085329     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802358563     Document Type: Article

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