THERAPEUTICS
A 16-week tai chi programme prevented falls in healthy older adults
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R G Cumming
Dr R G Cumming, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; bobc@health.usyd.edu.au
STUDY DESIGN
randomised controlled trial.
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unclear if blinded.*
community in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
STUDY QUESTION
702 people 
60 years of age (mean age 69 y, range 60–96 y, 84% women) who lived in the community and had not practised tai chi in the previous year. Participants with degenerative neurological conditions, dementia, severely debilitating stroke, severe arthritis, marked vision impairment, or inability to walk across a room unaided were excluded.
a 16-week, community-based, tai chi programme (n = 353) or a 24-week waiting list (n = 349). The tai chi programme comprised weekly 1-hour classes of 8–15 participants. Classes were taught by 22 instructors who had 5 years experience or had completed an accredited tai chi trainer’s course and had previously taught older people. Styles of tai chi used were Sun-style (83%), Yang-style (3%), and mixed styles
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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