A randomized controlled trial of Tai chi for balance, sleep quality and cognitive performance in elderly Vietnamese

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-190

  Nguyen, Manh Hung ^a   Kruse, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Sleep; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TAI CHI; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM; VIETNAMESE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; SLEEP; TAI JI; VIETNAM;

EID: 84871682022     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S32600     Document Type: Article

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