Improvement of balance control ability and flexibility in the elderly Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) practitioners: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-238

  Huang, Yijun ^a   Liu, Xuemei ^b  

^a LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yuhuanding Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Balance control; Flexibility; Meta analysis; Tai Chi Chuan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE CONTROL ABILITY; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; FLEXIBILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TAI JI;

EID: 84923091295     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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