Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 456-460 , October 2008

Tai Chi improves balance and mobility in people with Parkinson disease

  • Madeleine E. Hackney

      Affiliations

    • Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States
    • ,
  • Gammon M. Earhart

      Affiliations

    • Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States
    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8502, 4444 Forest Park Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States. Tel.: +1 314 286 1425.

Received 27 November 2007 ,Revised 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 16 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.02.005

Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 456-460 , October 2008

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