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Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 546-553 , April 2006

Standing Balance After Vestibular Stimulation in Tai Chi–Practicing and Nonpracticing Healthy Older Adults

Presented in part to the International Society for Postural and Gait Research, May 29−June 2, 2005, Marseille, France.

(A) A subject seated on the rotational chair with her head stabilized at 30° from the horizontal plane. (B) Spatial orientation of the 3 semicircular canals. The horizontal semicircular canals are loc

(A) A subject seated on the rotational chair with her head stabilized at 30° from the horizontal plane. (B) Spatial orientation of the 3 semicircular canals. The horizontal semicircular canals are located 30° above that of the horizontal plane.
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The mean values of body sway measures before and after vestibular stimulation between Tai Chi practitioners and control subjects. The parenthesis denotes the P values after statistical analysis of the

The mean values of body sway measures before and after vestibular stimulation between Tai Chi practitioners and control subjects. The parenthesis denotes the P values after statistical analysis of the percentage increases in (A) total sway path, (B) peak amplitude and mean velocity of AP body sway, and (C) peak amplitude and mean velocity of ML body sway between the 2 groups using univariate tests.
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Supported by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Area of Strategic Development Grant, no. 1.51.56.A102).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00047-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.12.040

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