Tai Chi training may reduce dual task gait variability, a potential mediator of fall risk, in healthy older adults: cross-sectional and randomized trial studies

Tai Chi training may reduce dual task gait variability, a potential mediator of fall risk, in healthy older adults: cross-sectional and randomized trial studies

BACKGROUND: Tai Chi (TC) exercise improves balance and reduces falls in older, health-impaired adults. TC’s impact on dual task (DT) gait parameters predictive of falls, especially in healthy active older adults, however, is unknown.PURPOSE: To compare differences in usual and DT gait between long-t...

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Main Authors: Peter M Wayne, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, Matthew eLough, Brian J Gow, Lewis eLipsitz, Vera eNovak, Eric A Macklin, Chung-Kang ePeng, Brad eManor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Cognition
Dual Task Performance
gait analysis
falls and fall risk prevention
Tai-Chi
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00332/full

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