Tai Chi Chuan training to enhance microcirculatory function in healthy elderly men Jong-Shyan Wang, PhD, Ching Lan, MD, May-Kuen Wong, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 82, Issue 9, Pages 1176-1180 (September 2001) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.24305 Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Work rate, MAP, HR, and oxygen pulse at rest and during exercise in the TCC and the sedentary (control) groups. Abbreviation: R, resting. *p < .05, TCC vs control. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 1176-1180DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.24305) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Changes in SkBF, cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC), and skin temperature (SkT) during exercise in the TCC and the control groups. *p < .05, TCC vs control. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 1176-1180DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.24305) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 The effect of strenuous exercise in release of nitric oxide in the TCC and the control group. The TCC group had a higher level of plasma nitrite plus nitrate than the control group at rest and immediately after exercise. *p < .05, rest vs exercise; †p < .05, TCC vs control. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 1176-1180DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.24305) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions