Do exercise interventions designed to prevent falls affect participation in life roles? A systematic review and meta-analysis | Zendy

Nicola Fairhall | Zendy; Catherine Sherrington | Zendy; Lindy Clemson | Zendy; Ian D. Cameron | Zendy

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Do exercise interventions designed to prevent falls affect participation in life roles? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s) -

Nicola Fairhall,

Catherine Sherrington,

Lindy Clemson,

Ian D. Cameron

Publication year - 2011

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/afr077

Subject(s) - medicine , affect (linguistics) , meta analysis , psychological intervention , falls in older adults , gerontology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology , communication

he World Health Organization describes individuals' functioning at a societal level as 'participation'. Despite being a key component of functioning and an important goal of rehabilitation, participation is not measured consistently in ageing research. The aim was to evaluate the extent to which measurement of participation has been reported in trials of fall prevention interventions and to determine the effect of exercise interventions on participation in life roles.

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