Taekwondo training improves balance in volunteers over forty.

Taekwondo training improves balance in volunteers over forty.

AbstractBalance deteriorates with age, and may eventually lead to falling accidents which may threaten independent living. As Taekwondo contains various highly dynamic movement patterns, taekwondo practice may sustain or improve balance. Therefore, in 24 middle-aged healthy volunteers (40-71 year) w...

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Main Authors: Gaby ePons Van Dijk, Anton eLenssen, Pieter eLeffers, Herman eKingma, Jan eLodder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Senior Citizens
hard martial arts
Taekwondo
static balance
dynamic balance
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00010/full

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