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Community-based interventions to reduce falls among older adults in Taiwan - long time follow-up randomised controlled study.

Author: HuangHui-Chi, HuangYu-Tai, KernohanW George, LiuChieh-Yu

Journal ArticleAn article published in an academic or professional journal that reports original research or scholarly analysis.
Multicenter StudyResearch conducted in collaboration with multiple research institutions. It aims to collect a wide range of data and obtain more generalizable results.
Randomized Controlled TrialA clinical trial that randomly assigns participants to treatment and control groups to evaluate the effects of an intervention.
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Overview

Education plus Tai Chi Chuan effectively reduced falls and risk factors in older adults, both immediately and in the long term. While all three interventions (education, Tai Chi Chuan, and education plus Tai Chi Chuan) showed a significant reduction in falls after one year, education plus Tai Chi Chuan proved the most effective.
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Original Abstract of the Article :
AIMS: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of different interventions that are used to prevent falls. These were education, Tai Chi Chuan and education plus Tai Chi Chuan; the study involved a five-month implantation period and a one-year follow-up period. BACKGROUND: With advancing year...See full text at original site
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引用元：
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02834.x

データ提供：米国国立医学図書館（NLM）
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Date :
  1. Date Completed 2010-08-26
  2. Date Revised 2010-05-24
Further Info :

Pubmed ID

20492040

DOI: Digital Object Identifier

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02834.x

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Languages

English

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