An Assessment of Tai Chi Exercise on Cognitive Ability in Older Adults

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International Journal of Sport Culture and Science
Volume:3 - Issue:3
An Assessment of Tai Chi Exercise on Cognitive Ability in Older Adults

An Assessment of Tai Chi Exercise on Cognitive Ability in Older Adults

Pages : 53-58

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Publication Date : 2015-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Tai Chi exercise on cognitive performance of community-dwelling elderly in Vinh city, Vietnam. It is a controlled trial. One hundred subjected were recruited. Subjects were divided randomly into two groups. Tai Chi group was assigned 6-months Tai Chi training. Control group was instructed to maintain their routine daily activities. Participants in Tai Chi group reported significant improvement cognitive ability, part A with Finsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1, 68); = 75.36, p < .001, and in part B with Finsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1, 68);= 172.83, p < .001 in comparison with Control group. Tai Chi is beneficial to improve cognitive performance of the elderly.
Keywords : Cognitive ability, Tai Chi, older adults

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