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Tai Ji (Latest Articles)
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Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.
13 Apr 2009 
BACKGROUND: Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall each year. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of interventions to reduce the incidence of falls in older people living in the community. SEARCH STRATEGY: We ...
rec_pub_19370674-interventions-preventing-falls-older-people-living-community.htm
5 Apr 2009 This study examines the effects of a 16-week Tai Chi (TC) training program on the muscle strength, endurance, and reaction time of the lower extremities of elderly people. A total of 40 elderly individuals (aged 60 years) completed the study. They ...
rec_pub_19356761-changes-muscle-strength-endurance-reaction-lower-extremities-tai-chi.htm
5 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Tai Chi Chuan is becoming a popular exercise for improving balance and preventing falls in the elderly. To date, there is no quantitative study investigating the effect of Tai Chi Chuan movement speed on leg muscle function. This study ...
rec_pub_19356830-speed-effect-selected-tai-chi-chuan-movement-leg-muscle-activity.htm
30 Mar 2009 No previous studies have explored the effects of mind-body approaches on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the frail elderly. Cognition and action are an inseparable whole during functioning. Thus, a new intervention-based approach using ...
rec_pub_19451671-health-related-quality-life-frail-institutionalized-elderly-effects.htm
Meditative movement as a category of exercise: implications for research.
27 Feb 2009 INTRODUCTION: Meditative Movement (MM) is proposed as a new category of exercise defined by (a) some form of movement or body positioning, (b) a focus on breathing, and (c) a cleared or calm state of mind with a goal of (d) deep states of ...
rec_pub_19420401-meditative-movement-category-exercise-implications-research.htm
Tai Chi and health-related quality of life in nursing home residents.
27 Feb 2009 PURPOSE: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that is good is regarded as the goal of elderly residential care. However, limited evidence exists indicating a promising intervention that can achieve this goal. The aim of this study is to examine ...
rec_pub_19335676-tai-chi-health-related-quality-life-nursing-home-residents.htm
Physical activity programs for chronic arthritis.
27 Feb 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to evaluate recent trials and studies of different types of physical activity programs for individuals with chronic arthritis and to discuss recommendations and findings from systematic reviews of ...
rec_pub_19339930-physical-activity-programs-chronic-arthritis.htm
27 Feb 2009 Up to one-third of women breast cancer survivors report difficulties with concentration, multi-tasking, and memory. Research in the University of Missouri, Department of Health Psychology, suggests that these cognitive difficulties are associated ...
rec_pub_19397112-breast-cancer-chemobrain-consequences-cognitive-difficulties.htm
A review of clinical trials of tai chi and qigong in older adults.
27 Feb 2009 Initiation and maintenance of physical activity (PA) in older adults is of increasing concern as the benefits of PA have been shown to improve physical functioning, mood, weight, and cardiovascular risk factors. Meditative movement forms of PA, such ...
rec_pub_19179544-a-review-clinical-trials-tai-chi-qigong-older-adults.htm
Effects of Tai Chi intervention on dual-task ability in older adults: a pilot study.
27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine if a 12-week program of Tai Chi that has been shown to reduce falls incidence in older adults would improve the ability to allocate attention to balance under dual-task conditions. DESIGN: Pre-/posttest experimental research ...
rec_pub_19254623-effects-tai-chi-intervention-dual-task-ability-older-adults-pilot.htm
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