Practicing tai chi reduces risk of falling in older adults
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 16:20
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have compared the effects of tai chi to leg strengthening exercises (a physical therapy called 'lower extremity training,' or LET) in reducing falls. After six months of training, people in the tai chi group were significantly less likely to experience an injury-causing fall than were people in the LET group.