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A randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of tai chi alongside usual care with usual care alone on the postural balance of community-dwelling people with dementia: protocol for the TACIT trial (TAi ChI for people with demenTia)

BACKGROUND: Falls are a public health issue for the older adult population and more so for people with dementia (PWD). Compared with their cognitively intact peers, PWD are at higher risk of falls and injurious falls. This randomised controlled trial aims to test the clinical and cost effectiveness...

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Autores principales: Nyman, Samuel R., Hayward, Christopher, Ingram, Wendy, Thomas, Peter, Thomas, Sarah, Vassallo, Michael, Raftery, James, Allen, Helen, Barrado-Martín, Yolanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0935-8