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Purpose:Thepurposeofthepresentstudywastoexaminetheeffectsofa24-weekTaiChiexerciseinterventiononbalanceandotherphysicalchangessuchasflexibilityandreactiontime(RT)amonghealthyoldermales.Methods:Thirty-eightmalesubjectsaged55—65yearswithoutpriorTaiChiexperiencewererecruitedfromalocalcommunityinShanghai,China.A60-minTaiChiexercisesessionwasperformedthreetimesaweekfor24weeks.ChangesinRT,sit-and-reachflexibilityandbalance(staticbalancewitheyesopenandclosedrespectively)weremeasuredbeforeandaftertheTaiChiintervention.Results:Afterthe24-weekTaiChiintervention,thechoiceRT(p<0.05)decreased,andsit-and-reachflexibilityimproved(p<0.01)overthepre-test(7.8±6.2vs.7.1±3.0cm).Swaylength,area,X-axisdeviationamplitudeandK-axisdeviationamplitudeperformancedecreasedsignificantlyaftertheinterventionwithadouble-footstancewitheyesopen(p<0.05).Swaylength,areaandaverageswayspeedshowedastatisticallysignificantdecreaseaftertheinterventionwiththedouble-footstancewitheyesclosed.Inthesingle-footstancewitheyesopencondition,swaylengthandaverageswayspeedshowedastatisticallysignificantdecrease(p<0.05).Conclusion:The24-weekTaiChiexerciseinterventionhadapositiveinfluenceonbalancecontrolinoldermales.
出版日期
2012年01月11日（中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
