Tai Chi, arterial compliance, and muscle strength in older adults

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-619

  Lu, Xi ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^b   Tsang, William W N ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; arterial compliance; muscle strength; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAI CHI;

AGING; ARTERIAL COMPLIANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TAI CHI;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; TAI JI; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84880270480     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312443483     Document Type: Article

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