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Intense Tai Chi exercise training and fall occurrences in older, transitionally frail adults
— a randomized, controlled trial | | Author(s) | Steven L Wolf, Richard W Sattin, Michael Kutner |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 12, December 2003 |
| Pages | pp 1693-1701 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Falls ; Mobility ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 291 women and 20 men aged 70-97 took part in this 48 week randomised controlled trial conducted in 20 congregate living facilities in Atlanta, Georgia, in which the aim was to determine whether intense t'ai chi (TC) could reduce the risk of falls more than a wellness education (WE) programme. The risk ratio (RR) of falling was found not to be statistically different between those in the TC or WE groups. Over the 48 weeks of the intervention, 46% of the participants did not fall: the percentage of those falling at least once was 47.6% for the TC group, while the percentage for the WE group was 60.3%. Overall, the authors conclude that TC did not reduce the RR of falling in transitionally frail older people, but the direction of effect observed in this study, together with positive findings seen previously in more robust older people suggests that TC may be clinically important, and should be evaluated further in this high-risk population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040302220 A |
| Classmark | CEA: OLF: C4: CC: LK2: 3F: 7T |
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