A systems biology approach to studying Tai Chi, physiological complexity and healthy aging: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-34

  Wayne, Peter M ^a   Manor, Brad ^a,b   Novak, Vera ^a,b   Costa, Madelena D ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^c   Goldberger, Ary L ^a,b   Ahn, Andrew C ^a,b,d   Yeh, Gloria Y ^a,b   Peng, C K ^b,e   Lough, Matthew ^f   Davis, Roger B ^a,b   Quilty, Mary T ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Gait; Mind body exercise; Postural control; Prevention; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; STUDY DESIGN; TAI CHI; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TAI JI;

EID: 84870562454     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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