ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women.
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- Direction-specific effects of balance training on dynamic balance in athletes with chronic ankle instability: a multilevel meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different exercises on health-related physical fitness among middle-aged and elderly women.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- From healing and martial roots to global health practice: reimagining Tai Chi (Taijiquan) in the modern public fitness movement.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effects of 16-week tai chi practice on sit-to-stand performance and lower-limb neuromuscular control strategies in community-dwelling older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Falls are the leading cause of accidental death among older persons, with postmenopausal women facing a greater hazard of falling due to osteoporosis. This study aimed to examine the effects of Taijiquan practice on balance control and functional fitness in at-risk females. Methods: Chinese women who self-reported a tendency to fall and had a baseline one-leg stand test time (4.1 s in the Taijiquan group) below the national average for their age group (60-64 years: 10.9 s, 65-69 years: 9.9 s) were assigned to either a control group ( Results: After 12 weeks, the Taijiquan group significantly outperformed the control group in terms of balance, flexibility, and muscular fitness (all Conclusion: The improvement in balance, coupled with other functional fitness benefits, suggests that Taijiquan could serve as a useful exercise for older women with an elevated risk of falling.
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