Tai chi as an intervention to improve balance and reduce falls in older adults: A systematic and meta-analytical review

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Tsang, Hector W H ^a   Leung, Daniel P K ^a   Chan, Carol K L ^a   William, W N Tsang ^a   Jones, Alice Y M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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