Exercise: An Active Route to Healthy Aging Tai Chi Chih Acutely Decreases Sympathetic Nervous System Activity in Older Adults
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Method. The sample included two groups of older men and women (age 60 years): TCC practitioners (n 1⁄4 19) and TCC-naı̈ve participants (n1⁄413). Participants were recruited after completing a 25-week randomized trial of TCC or health education. TCC practitioners performed TCC for 20 minutes, and TCC-naı̈ve participants passively rested. Preejection period, blood pressure, and heart rate were measured before and after the task. A subsample (n1⁄4 8) returned for a second evaluation and performed videotape-guided stretching for 20 minutes to evaluate the effects of slow-moving physical activity on sympathetic activity.
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