[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Tai Chi on waist circumference and blood pressure in the elderly. The present study used a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty-eight elderly individuals residing in J city were divided into 2 groups: 34 in the experimental group, who received Tai Chi training for 6 weeks, and 34 i...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity onmemory and dynamic balance of elder people. subjects (n=15) were selected asvolunteers. the intervention was performed in an eighteen session period, threetimes a week (each session, 45 minutes). yoga training was performed for mentalrelaxation. wexler test was performed for memory evaluation. seat up test wasused to ...

Increasing the accuracy of rainfall forecasts is crucial as an effort to prevent hydrometeorological disasters. Weather changes that can occur suddenly and in a local scope make fast precise weather increasingly difficult inform. Additionally, results numerical model used by Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, Geophysics are only able predict with temporal resolution 1–3 h cannot yet...

to ealuate the effect of a physical exercise program on elderly's self-esteem, the smith questionnaire was administreed to 34 elderly males aged 60-75 years old. the group participated in a specially desined physical exercise program every morning for 30 days. each session lasted 30-45 minutes.results indicated the efficacy of the program in improving subjects' self-esteem. this was c...

Blood pressure falls after a single session of exercise. The duration for which this fall in blood pressure persists is not known. Sustained hypotension after a single session of exercise may have important implications in the treatment of patients with mild hypertension. We studied 24 subjects (12 normotensive subjects and 12 patients with mild or borderline hypertension). Blood pressure was m...

PURPOSE To determine the efficacy of Tookad (WST09; Negma-Lerads, Magny-Les-Hameaux, France) photodynamic therapy (T-PDT) by evaluating the angiographic and histologic closure of choroidal vessels at different radiance exposures, drug dosages, and intervals between photosensitizer injection and laser application in a rabbit model. METHODS Chinchilla Bastard rabbits were injected intravenously...