Effect of 3-month Tai Chi Chuan on heart rate variability, blood lipid and cytokine profiles in middle-aged and elderly individuals

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Lu, Wan An ^a,b   Kuo, Cheng Deng ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cytokine; exercise; heart rate variability; lipid; Tai Chi Chuan

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAI CHI;

EID: 84870940263     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: 1873958X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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