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Tai Chi for Falls Prevention Program Successfully Implemented

August 28, 2009 by David Bendall · Leave a Comment 

Researchers at the Oregon Research Institute demonstrated that a tai chi based falls-prevention program developed from a clinical trial could be replicated. The program was evaluated at 6 community centers. All 6 centers successfully implemented the program with an 87% reach into the target population. The participants showed significant improvements in health-related outcome measures.

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