A review of Tai Chi Chuan and parameters related to balance

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 469-475

  Jiménez Martín, Pedro Jesús ^a   Meléndez Ortega, Agustín ^a   Albers, Ulrike ^a   Schofield, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Associate of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (ACIL)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly people; Proprioceptive system; Tai Chi Chuan; Vestibular system; Visual system

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOSIS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84890124692     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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