A Tai Chi exercise programme improved exercise behaviour and reduced blood pressure in outpatients with hypertension

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-551

  Lo, Hui Ming ^a,b   Yeh, Ching Yi ^c   Chang, Shu Chuan ^b,d   Sung, Huei Chuan ^b,e   Smith, Graeme D ^f  

^a Department of Nursing   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Yuan Shan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Taiwanese Centre for Evidence Based Health Care   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; CAM; Exercise; Hypertension; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TAI CHI;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; TAI JI;

EID: 84870258982     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12006     Document Type: Article

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