Older tai chi practitioners found to have improved balance confidence.

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University compared 24 older tai chi practitioners to 24 healthy older adults who were matched with respect to age, gender, height, weight and physical activity. The tai chi practitioners had better knee muscle strength, less body sway after single-leg, perturbations and higher balance confidence scores. Abstract

Four weeks of intensive tai chi training improves balance control in elderly subjects.

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University studied the effects of intensive tai chi training on balance control in healthy elderly adults. 49 participants were assigned to either general education or supervised tai chi for 1.5 hours, 6 times per week for 8 weeks. Balance was tested before the start of training, after 4 and 8 [...]

Long-term tai chi practitioners found to have improved knee and ankle proprioception.

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong compared knee and ankle proprioception among elderly adults who were long-term tai chi practitioners, swimmers, runners or who were sedentary. The long-term tai chi practitioners had better knee and ankle proprioception than the sedentary group and better ankle proprioception than the swimming and running group as well. [...]

Fewer falls among frail seniors assigned to tai chi than to those assigned to wellness education

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta GA conducted a study to determine whether a tai chi program could reduce the risk of falls more than a wellness education program among older adults transitioning to frailty. 291 participants were randomly assigned to 48 weeks of tai chi or wellness education. The tai chi [...]

Study finds improvements in balance, functional mobility and fear of falling among older woman after three months of tai chi.

Researchers at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah GA designed this study to determine the effects of tai chi among older woman. Older woman living in retirement communities took 30-minute tai chi classes twice weekly for three months. At the end of the study there were statistically significant improvements in balance, functional mobility and fear [...]

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