Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2014
Underlying mechanisms of Tai-Chi-Chuan training for improving balance ability in the elders.
Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04585659 (Qigong for Multiple Sclerosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Beneficial Effects and Potential Mechanisms of Tai Chi on Lower Limb Osteoarthritis: A Biopsychosocial Perspective.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Meta-Analysis of Elderly Lower Body Strength: Different Effects of Tai Chi Exercise on the Knee Joint-Related Muscle Groups.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Tai Chi Training as a Primary Daily Care Plan for Better Balance Ability in People With Parkinson's Disease: An Opinion and Positioning Article.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Research on Function and Mechanism of Tai Chi on Cardiac Rehabilitation.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2020Review
- Regular Tai Chi Practice Is Associated With Improved Memory as Well as Structural and Functional Alterations of the Hippocampus in the Elderly.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2020Article
- Changed Temporal Structure of Neuromuscular Control, Rather Than Changed Intersegment Coordination, Explains Altered Stabilographic Regularity after a Moderate Perturbation of the Postural Control System.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Meditative Movement, Energetic, and Physical Analyses of Three Qigong Exercises: Unification of Eastern and Western Mechanistic Exercise Theory.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Assessing proprioception: A critical review of methods.Journal of sport and health science · 2016Review
- The Role of Ankle Proprioception for Balance Control in relation to Sports Performance and Injury.BioMed research international · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare balance ability between elderly individuals who practiced Tai-Chi-Chuan (TCC) for average 9.64 years and elderly individuals who did not practice TCC and its relationship with lower extremity muscle strength and ankle proprioception.
methodsTwenty-five elderly volunteers were divided into two groups according to their TCC practcing experience. Sixteen were TCC group and the other nine were control population. Subjects completed a static balance test and ankle proprioception test using a custom-designed evaluation system, and concentric and eccentric knee extensor and flexor muscle strength tests. Subjects stood on the plate form to measure the proprioception in functional standing position which was differed from the previous studies. Multiple linear regressions were also used to predict the important factor affecting balance.
resultsTCC group performed better than the control group in balance, proprioception, and muscle strength of lower extremity. The proprioception was the most important factor related to balance ability and it can be accounted for explaining 44% of variance in medial-lateral sway direction, and 53% of variance in antero-posterior sway direction. The proprioception may be a more important factor which affecting the balance ability.
conclusionTCC training is recommended to the elders; as it can improve balance ability through better proprioception.
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