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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yin and Yang: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Investigating Physical and Psychological Effects Following a 6-Month Taiji (T'ai Chi) and Qigong (Ch'i Kung) Intervention With Older Adults
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe results of the quantitative study suggest that a 2-month Taiji intervention on healthy older adults yielded improvement in balance, lower body strength, and appropriate adaptive responses in situations of inaccurate or conflicting sensory stimuli. Taiji practitioners also adopted significantly wider stance widths than their control group counterparts. The adoption of a wider stance may be one mechanism contributing to the observed improvements in functional balance.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Yang, Yang
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Karl Rosengren
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI3202191
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87930