Tai Chi for Falls Prevention Program Successfully Implemented

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 [...]

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends tai chi as a key component of community-based fall prevention programs.

In a recent publication, Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults, the CDC recommends tai chi as a key component of a falls prevention program.  According to the CDC the only programs that have been shown to be affective in reducing falls among older adults are single intervention programs involving exercise, [...]