In the authors' words
“After participating in the 8-week program, intervention group participants showed greater improvement in the CS-PFP measures (p < .05, eta(2) > .06).”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Controlled trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, sedentary at entry
- How many
- 41
- How long
- 8 weeks
- Exercise
- Tai chi and qigong
- Cited
- 4 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 24652905
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