Open AccessEffect of Music-Based Multitask Training on Gait, Balance, and Fall Risk in Elderly People
Author(s) -
Andrea Trombetti,
Mélany Hars,
François R. Herrmann,
Reto W. Kressig,
Serge Ferrari,
René Rizzoli
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.446
Subject(s) - balance (ability) , physical therapy , gait , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , relative risk , fear of falling , intervention (counseling) , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health , psychiatry
Falls occur mainly while walking or performing concurrent tasks. We determined whether a music-based multitask exercise program improves gait and balance and reduces fall risk in elderly individuals.
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