Community-based group exercise improves balance and reduces falls in at-risk older people: a randomised controlled trial | Zendy

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Community-based group exercise improves balance and reduces falls in at-risk older people: a randomised controlled trial

Author(s) -

Arnold Barnett

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/32.4.407

Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , balance (ability) , fear of falling , fall prevention , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , injury prevention , poison control , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing , environmental health , surgery

recent studies have found that moderate intensity exercise is an effective intervention strategy for preventing falls in older people. However, research is required to determine whether supervised group exercise programmes, conducted in community settings with at-risk older people referred by their health care practitioner are also effective in improving physical functioning and preventing falls in this group.

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