UID:
almafu_9958068624502883
Format:
1 online resource (255 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-72635-4
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9786611726355
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3-8055-8490-3
Series Statement:
Medicine and sport science, v. 52
Content:
Tai Chi Chuan was originally developed as a form of martial arts and has been used for centuries in China as a health exercise. Today, millions of people in both Eastern and Western countries and cultures are practicing Tai Chi Chuan, which has been widely accepted as an exercise form for health and fitness benefits. This unique collection of current scientific research reflects the characteristics and beneficial effects of Tai Chi Chuan in the fields of biomechanics and physiology, sensory motor control and fall prevention, psychology and social aspects, as well as in clinical application of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s diseases, coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. The publication will not only serve as a high-quality reference book for teachers, healthcare professionals and students in exercise science and medicine, but also as a valuable source of information for everybody already practicing Tai Chi Chuan or considering taking it up, who would like to learn more on the beneficial effects of this intriguing form of exercise.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Biomechanical and Physiological Characteristics of Tai Chi""; ""Temporal Characteristics of Foot Movement in Tai Chi Exercise""; ""Abstract""; ""Method""; ""Subjects""; ""Procedure""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Supporting Pattern""; ""Stepping Pattern""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""The Exercise Intensity of Tai Chi Chuan""; ""Abstract""; ""HR Responses in Different TC""; ""HR responses and VO2 during Yang TC Practice""; ""TC in Different Age and Gender""; ""References""
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""Tai Chi Exercise and Muscle Strength and Endurance in Older People""""Abstract""; ""Methods""; ""Subjects""; ""Testing Protocol""; ""Knee Joint""; ""Ankle Joint""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Knee Joint""; ""Ankle Joint""; ""Muscle Endurance""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Muscle Action Pattern and Knee Extensor Strength of Older Tai Chi Exercisers""; ""Abstract""; ""Methods""; ""Subjects""; ""Equipment""; ""Procedures""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Muscle Action Patterns""
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""Correlation with Knee Extensor Strength and Knee Flexion Angle""""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""References""; ""The Effectiveness of Tai Chi Exercise in Improving Aerobic Capacity: An Updated Meta-Analysis""; ""Abstract""; ""Methods""; ""Study Retrieval""; ""Study Quality""; ""Classifying and Coding Study Characteristics""; ""Data Analyses""; ""Calculation of Effect Sizes""; ""Interpretation of ESs""; ""ES Analyses Plan""; ""Results""; ""Study Characteristics""; ""Effects of Tai Chi on Aerobic Capacity""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""
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""References""""Tai Chi Exercise in Improving Cardiorespiratory Capacity""; ""Abstract""; ""References""; ""Effects of a Traditional Taiji/Qigong Curriculum on Older Adults� Immune Response to Influenza Vaccine""; ""Abstract""; ""A Traditional Taiji Curriculum""; ""Sitting and Standing Qigong Meditation""; ""Choreographed Form Movement""; ""Materials and Methods""; ""Subjects""; ""Research Design and Intervention""; ""Antibody Titer Analysis""; ""Statistics""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Balance Control and Falls Prevention and Tai Chi""
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""Tai Chi Exercise and Proprioception Behavior in Old People""""Abstract""; ""Methods""; ""Subjects""; ""Measurement""; ""Ankle Joint Kinesthesia Test""; ""Knee Joint Kinesthesia Test""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Ankle Joint Kinesthesia""; ""Knee Joint Kinesthesia""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Neural Mechanisms Underlying Balance Control in Tai Chi""; ""Abstract""; ""Methods""; ""Clinical Measures""; ""Functional Reach""; ""Timed Up and Go""; ""Single Stance Time""; ""Tandem Stance Time""; ""Subjects""; ""Interventions""; ""Tai Chi""
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""Controls""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-8055-8489-X
Language:
English
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