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gicos that produces the practice of this
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Taichi FALL AGAINST
In Spain, a third of people
crashes every year.
Balance exercises can prevent these episodes by up to 19%.
this says and demonstrates. Laura
Tardón / Madrid / El Mundo.es 13/01/2011.
The new guidelines from the American and British Society of Gerontology, for the first vaz, tai chi as a recommendation to prevent falls among the elderly. So confirms a report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. "
These episodes are one of the most common health problems in this segment of the population, causing functional impairment and, therefore, loss of independence, says Mary Tinetti, lead author of eset work, Yale University (U.S. .) For this reason, it stresses his team, "it is important to develop interventions to prevent, to the extent possible, the risk of falls in older people."
Taichi is rhythmic, slow movements that require trunk rotation, weight shifting and dynamic coordination between the movements of the upper extremities and below. This improves balance and helps reduce the risk of falls, says Lazarus Montserrat Walnut, coordinator of the unit falls Clínico San Carlos Hospital (Madrid) who also published a study in 2009 in "Clinical Medicine", which recalls that the effective exercise programs are tai chi, balance training and walking and strength training, which can reduce falls by 19%.
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