A review of Tai Chi Chuan and parameters related to balance

Jiménez-Martín, Pedro Jesús; Meléndez-Ortega, Agustín; Albers, Ulrike; Schofield, Diane

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.001

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“…A dancer's most brilliant and artistic skill involves creating a temporary illusion of halting in mid-air. An extensive air time enables a dancer to create such an illusion while expressing a feeling of lightness [5]. This phenomenon may be benefit from TCC training that is able to facilitate enhancing the maximum lower extremity push-off force during sauté jump and extending air hang time in this study.…”

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“…A previous study revealed that 12-week strength training for hamstring and quadriceps muscles improved dancer's balance ability, but their rotation ability improvement was inconsistent, indicating that they might need additional practice of timing with the head, arm, and leg movements [2]. TCC training may provide the following benefits to dancers: understanding the effective use of the body central axis and force, increasing the mastery of the COG management and movement stability, improving the body's perception of time and space, and enhancing attention [4,5,19]. Therefore, the training group in the present study might be able to control their bodies more easily and exhibited favourable spatial perception in their bodies, thus enabling them to perform stable spin movements.…”

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“…The concept of TCC training is considered to be able to improve dancer's body control and awareness. Research has reported that TCC training facilitates improving muscle strength and flexibility as well as balance and postural stability [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Lan et al found that TCC training increased knee extensor muscle strength and endurance [10].…”

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Effect of Tai Chi Chuan training on main performance during dance movements

Yu¹,

Chang²,

Liao³

et al. 2018

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Purpose: Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) training is usually considered as useful training methods for improving postural stability during human movement performance. Whether the jumps, spin, and balance required in dance movements can be reinforced through TCC training is not certain. This study was to investigate the influence of 8-week TCC training on the selected dance movements. Method: A total of 16 senior high school dancers participated in this study (8 in the training group and 8 in the control group). A force platform and a 3D motion analysis system were used to analyze the movements of sauté (jump), passé (balance), and pirouette en dehors (spin). Results: The results showed that the training group demonstrated greater improvement than did the control group in the following areas: (a) The maximum lower extremity push-off force and air hang time during sauté jumps; (b) The center of gravity (COG) shift distance and shift speed during passé balance; (c) The working leg hip joint external rotation angle, the supporting leg plantar flexion angle, and the COG shift distance during pirouette en dehors spin. Conclusion: TCC training facilitated reinforcing dance movements and may be used as part of physical training program for improving dance performance.

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“…While this is promising with respect to the uptake of yoga/Pilates among older adults, it is somewhat surprising given the heavy research emphasis on t’ai chi/qigong benefits for older people [18, 31, 32]. It is difficult to say what may have caused this difference.…”

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“…The comparison will thus give some context to the data on holistic movement practices, by allowing an impression of any growth in activities that show similarities but do not include the additional element of being embedded in a holistic philosophy. Because prevalence rates for yoga have been found to differ between men and women and among age groups [40, 47], and outcome research emphasizes the benefits of t’ai chi/qigong for older people in particular [18, 32], we chose to also examine prevalence and trends separately by sex and age.…”

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Participation trends in holistic movement practices: a 10-year comparison of yoga/Pilates and t’ai chi/qigong use among a national sample of 195,926 Australians

Vergeer

Bennie

Charity

et al. 2017

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundIn recent decades, the evidence supporting the physical and mental health benefits of holistic movement practices such as yoga and t’ai chi have become increasingly established. Consequently, investigating the participation prevalence and patterns of these practices is a relevant pursuit in the public health field. Few studies have provided population-level assessment of participation rates, however, and even fewer have focused on patterns over time. The purpose of this study was to examine participation prevalence and trends in yoga/Pilates and t’ai chi/qigong over a ten-year period in a nationally representative sample of Australians aged 15 years and over, with particular attention to sex and age. A secondary purpose was to juxtapose these findings with participation trends in traditional fitness activities over the same period.MethodsData comprised modes and types of physical activity, age, and sex variables collected through the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS), a series of independent cross-sectional Australia-wide surveys conducted yearly between 2001 and 2010. For each year, weighted population estimates were calculated for those participating in yoga/Pilates, t’ai chi/qigong, and fitness activities (e.g. aerobics, calisthenics). Linear regression and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to examine trends in prevalence rates over time and differences among sex and age (15–34; 35–54; 55+ years) groups, respectively.ResultsAverage prevalence rates between 2001 and 2010 were 3.0% (95% CI 2.9–3.1) for yoga/Pilates, 0.6% (95% CI 0.5–0.6) for t’ai chi/qigong, and 19.2% (95% CI 18.9–19.4) for fitness activities. Across the decade, overall participation rates remained relatively stable for yoga/Pilates and t’ai chi/qigong, while increasing linearly for fitness activities. For both genders and in all three age groups, participation in fitness activities increased, whereas only in the 55+ age group was there a significant increase in yoga/Pilates participation; participation in t’ai chi/qigong declined significantly in the two younger age groups.ConclusionsParticipation rates in yoga/Pilates and t’ai chi/qigong in Australia were low and relatively stable. As fitness activities increased in popularity across the decade, holistic movement practices did not. These findings point to the need to investigate activity-specific barriers and facilitators to participation, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, organisational, and environmental factors.

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