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Effect of Tai Chi exercise on older people with nephritis

Author(s) -

Yun Cao,

Niu Ai-jun

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

african journal of microbiology research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1996-0808

DOI - 10.5897/ajmr11.110

Subject(s) - hematocrit , nephritis , creatinine , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , medicine , blood viscosity , plasma viscosity , physical therapy

To evaluate the effect of Tai Chi exercise on older people with nephritis, 124 older people with nephritis were asked to practice Tai Chi exercise for 40 min once every day. Results showed that Tai Chi” quan exercise significantly decrease high-shear whole blood viscosity, low-shear whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), hematocrit (HCT), usea nitrogen, creatinine and creatinine scavenging rate during 12 months of practice. This indicates that Tai Chi exercise is beneficial to prevent and delay nephritis deterioration. Key words: Tai Chi, nephritis, old people, hematocrit (HCT).

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