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ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2018

Tai Chi Chuan can improve balance and reduce fear of falling in community dwelling older adults: a randomized control trial.

Lida Hosseini, Elham Kargozar, Farshad Sharifi, Reza Negarandeh, Amir-Hossein Memari, Elham Navab

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Article in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lida HosseiniSchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Elham KargozarPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farshad SharifiElderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza NegarandehNursing & Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir-Hossein MemariSports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Elham NavabCritical care and Geriatric Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5210-9070
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIranshahr University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fear of falling and balance impairment are prevalent in older adults and cause major morbidities for this population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Tai Chi Chuan on balance and fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults. This study was a single-blind randomized control trial. Sixty older adults were randomly allocated into two groups using a 4-cell random block design. The participants of intervention group were trained in Tai Chi Chuan for eight weeks, twice a week, and 55 min in each session. Balance and fear of falling were assessed by Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, Tinetti test and Falls Efficacy Scale International in baseline and after 8 weeks. After eight weeks of intervention, the mean scores of the TUG and Tinetti scales in the intervention group were improved significantly compared to the baseline and the control group (

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Alternative therapyExerciseFall preventionOlder adultsTai Chi Chuan

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