Tai chi chuan is hope as therapy for stroke
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Researchers say that the practice of tai chi is able to improve the balance of patients suffering from cerebrovascular accident (CVA), reducing thus the risk of falls. In articles published in the magazine, "Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, researchers reported an improvement in volunteers after only six weeks of training. The main author was Stephanie S.Y. Au-Yeung, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In previous research, a co-author of the article, Christina WY Hui-Chan, found that tai chi improves balance among the elderly. Already in this study, the researchers wanted to examine whether the same effect happen between patients with strokes. They used 136 people who had stroke six months ago or more, dividing them into two groups. For twelve weeks, a group general practice exercises, and the other a modified version of tai chi.
The group of tai chi was once a week for one hour. Asked that practice about three hours per week at home. While the exercise group showed little improvement in the balance, the tai chi group showed significant gains when tested in an exchange of body weight, reach for objects, and how well they managed to maintain stability in a moving platform, such as a bus.
According to the researchers, the benefits of tai chi is that once dominated the event, they can be done without supervision. Still, they say, some patients discontinued their practice after the end of training. They could have more chances to continue improving the tai chi were available in places like community centers.
Source: New York Times
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