Stability Limits, Single-Leg Jump, and Body Awareness in Older Tai Chi Practitioners

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Gyllensten, Amanda L ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^b   Tsang, William W N ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aging; Exercise; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; SENESCENCE; STANDING; TAI CHI; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; TAI JI; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 76049105051     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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