Impact of Tai-Chi on falls among preclinically disabled older people: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 420-426

  Day, Lesley ^a   Hill, Keith D ^b   Stathakis, Voula Z ^a   Flicker, Leon ^c   Segal, Leonie ^d   Cicuttini, Flavia ^a   Jolley, Damien ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Older people; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928701499     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.089     Document Type: Article

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