Tai Chi versus health education as a frailty intervention for community-dwelling older adults with hypertension

Background Frailty is associated with poor outcomes among older adults with hypertension and complicates its pharmacological management. Here, we assessed whether 12-weeks of instructor-guided, group Tai Chi (TC) practice improved frailty relative to Healthy Aging Practice-centered Education (HAP-E)...

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Published in:	Aging clinical and experimental research Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 2051 - 2060
Main Authors:	Kohn, Jordan N., Lobo, Judith D., Troyer, Emily A., Ang, Gavrila, Wilson, Kathleen L., Walker, Amanda L., Spoon, Chad, Pruitt, Christopher, Tibiriçá, Lize, Pung, Meredith A., Redwine, Laura S., Hong, Suzi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01-10-2023 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Aged Female Frail Elderly Frailty Frailty - complications Frailty - therapy Geriatric Assessment Geriatrics/Gerontology Health Education Humans Hypertension Hypertension - complications Hypertension - therapy Independent Living Male Martial arts Medicine Medicine & Public Health Older people Original Article Tai Ji Hypertension Tai Chi Frailty Randomized controlled trial
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