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Tai Chi: Improving Functional Balance and Predicting Subsequent Falls in Older Persons

Fuzhong Li, Peter Harmer, K J. Fisher, Edward McAuley

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2004 · 212 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Improved functional balance through Tai Chi training is associated with subsequent reductions in fall frequency in older persons.

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