Short-form tai chi improves standing balance of people with chronic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-522

  Au Yeung, Stephanie S Y ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^a   Tang, Jervis C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Stroke; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STANDING; STROKE; TAI CHI;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; TAI JI; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66249097752     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308326425     Document Type: Article

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