Effectiveness of tai chi as a community-based falls prevention intervention: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 841-848

  Taylor, Denise ^a   Hale, Leigh ^b   Schluter, Philip ^a,c   Waters, Debra L ^b   Binns, Elizabeth E ^a   McCracken, Hamish ^a   McPherson, Kathryn ^a   Wolf, Steven L ^d,e,f  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Atlanta Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; elderly; falls; strength; tai chi

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAI JI;

EID: 84862075744     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03928.x     Document Type: Article

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