Jason Y Chang, Pao-Feng Tsai, Sheery Woods, Cornelia Beck, Paula K Roberson, Karl Rosengren
{"title":"Teaching Tai Chi to elders with osteoarthritis pain and mild cognitive impairment.","authors":"Jason Y Chang, Pao-Feng Tsai, Sheery Woods, Cornelia Beck, Paula K Roberson, Karl Rosengren","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article describes the authors' experience and strategies in teaching Tai Chi, a gentle exercise derived from an ancient Chinese martial art, to mildly cognitively impaired elders to relieve osteoarthritic knee pain. The 12-form Sun-style Tai Chi, a set of Tai Chi forms endorsed by the American Arthritis Foundation, was used in the program. Teaching Tai Chi to elders with mild cognitive impairment requires particular strategies tailored to their physical and cognitive frailty. When effectively taught, Tai Chi can be a unique and cost-effective intervention for elders with knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":90085,"journal":{"name":"Activities directors' quarterly for Alzheimer's & other dementia patients","volume":"11 4","pages":"8-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970776/pdf/nihms357839.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32233376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pao-Feng Tsai, Jason Y Chang, Cornelia Beck, Jody Hagen, K J S Anand, Yong-Fang Kuo, Paula K Roberson, Karl Rosengren, Linda Beuscher
{"title":"The Feasibility of Implementing Tai Chi for Nursing Home Residents With Knee Osteoarthritis and Cognitive Impairment.","authors":"Pao-Feng Tsai, Jason Y Chang, Cornelia Beck, Jody Hagen, K J S Anand, Yong-Fang Kuo, Paula K Roberson, Karl Rosengren, Linda Beuscher","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper addresses the feasibility of implementing Tai Chi (TC) as an intervention for nursing home residents with osteoarthritis knee and cognitive impairment (CI). Recruiting elderly residents to participate was difficult. Only 9 out of the 31 originally thought eligible meet study criteria and 8 of the 9 elders eventually completed the study. With 2 sessions per week, the elders needed 8-10 weeks to learn the complete set of TC. They could not memorize the TC sequences, but they could follow the instructor who also employed verbal and visual cueing during the intervention. Clearly, elders with CI need different teaching methods and doses of TC. Using extended TC and teaching strategies tailored to participants' physical and cognitive capacity may promote effective learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":90085,"journal":{"name":"Activities directors' quarterly for Alzheimer's & other dementia patients","volume":"10 1","pages":"9-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4169901/pdf/nihms231935.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32691344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}