Modern Science and Ancient Martial Arts

Links to Medical Research Abstracts on Tai Chi

Balance and Falls

• Neural mechanisms underlying balance improvement with short term Tai Chi training.
• Why Tai Chi is the perfect exercise.
• The influence of Tai Chi training on the center of pressure trajectory during gait initiation in older adults.
• Tai Chi and fall reductions in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
• Tai Chi: improving functional balance and predicting subsequent falls in older persons.
• Plantar pressure distribution during Tai Chi exercise.
• Tai Chi and vestibular rehabilitation effects on gaze and whole-body stability.
• Tai Chi and older people in the community: a preliminary study.
• Improvement in balance, strength, and flexibility after 12 weeks of Tai chi exercise in ethnic Chinese adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors.
• The influence of intense Tai Chi training on physical performance and hemodynamic outcomes in transitionally frail, older adults.
• The effect of Tai Chi Quan and computerized balance training on postural stability in older subjects. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies on Intervention Techniques.
• Intense tai chi exercise training and fall occurrences in older, transitionally frail adults: a randomized, controlled trial.

Bone Density

• Regular Tai Chi Chuan exercise may retard bone loss in postmenopausal women: A case-control study*1

Cardiovascular

• Effects of tai chi mind-body movement therapy on functional status and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

Arthritis

• Group and home-based tai chi in elderly subjects with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.

Walking

• The influence of Tai Chi training on the center of pressure trajectory during gait initiation in older adults.
• How Tai Chi improves balance: Biomechanics of recovery to a walking slip in impaired seniors.
• Effect of Tai Chi on gait and obstacle crossing behaviors in middle-aged adults.
• Tai Chi versus brisk walking in elderly women.

Sleep

• Tai Chi and self-rated quality of sleep and daytime sleepiness in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

HIV/AIDS

• The effect of group aerobic exercise and t'ai chi on functional outcomes and quality of life for persons living with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Articles by Flavio Daniele, a highly respected WACIMA Vice President.

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