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December 2008, Vol 98, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 2118
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.146837

LETTERS

THE BENEFITS OF TAI CHI

Michael Rabinowitz, PhD

The author is with the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Michael Rabinowitz, PO Box 535, Newport, RI 02840 (e-mail: mrabinow@mbl.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

We are indebted to Li et al.1 for their demonstration that an intervention exercise regime based on tai chi is not only effective for preventing falls among elderly persons but also can be well tolerated and thoroughly enjoyed. The participants in their study also likely benefited in other ways: physiologically, psychologically, and socially. It appears that even a brief exposure to a simplified version of tai chi can be effective for highly motivated elderly participants with a fear of falling.


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Illinois National Guard member Gabriel Garriga is shown here at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, where he . . . [Full Text]






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