Health improving Chinese gymnastics taijiquan for seniors. 2. Presentation at science metric databases Web of Science and Scopus

The article provides an overview of the work according to science metric databases Web of Science and Scopus for the last 10 years on the effects of Tai Chi Chinese gymnastics on physical and psychological condition of elderly people. Along the following lines of research Taijiquan: improving physical qualities when doing gymnastics Taijiquan, such as balance, muscle strength, gait, coordination, impact on the psychological state, including problems with attention, sleep, stress, depression; influence on the cardiovascular system. There is a positive effect of Taijiquan in diseases of the musculoskeletal system: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis. Overall, more than 50 % of the works analyzed by science metric databases Web of Science and Scopus, devoted to the study of the positive effects of Taijiquan on the physical quality of the elderly people.