Explaining the ineffectiveness of a Tai Chi fall prevention training for community-living older people: A process evaluation alongside a randomized clinical trial (RCT)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Logghe, Inge H J ^a,b   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a,b   Rademaker, Arno C H J ^b   Zeeuwe, Petra E M ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Van Rossum, Erik ^c,d   Faber, Marjan J ^e   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^c   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Process evaluation; Tai Chi Chuan training

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TAI CHI;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953100956     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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