Fall prevention in community settings: Results from implementing Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance in three states

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Ory, Marcia G ^a   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b   Parker, Erin M ^c   Jiang, Luohua ^a   Chen, Shuai ^d   Wilson, Ashley D ^a   Stevens, Judy A ^c   Ehrenreich, Heidi ^c   Lee, Robin ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community setting; Fall prevention; Fall prevention program; Older adults; Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990865302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00258     Document Type: Article

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