Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of community group and home-based falls prevention exercise programmes on bone health in older people: the ProAct65+ bone study | Zendy

Rachel L. Duckham | Zendy; Tahir Masud | Zendy; Rachael Taylor | Zendy; Denise Kendrick | Zendy; Hannah Carpenter | Zendy; Steve Iliffe | Zendy; Richard Morris | Zendy; Heather Gage | Zendy; Dawn A. Skelton | Zendy; Susie Dinan-Young | Zendy; Katherine BrookeWavell | Zendy

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Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of community group and home-based falls prevention exercise programmes on bone health in older people: the ProAct65+ bone study

Author(s) -

Rachel L. Duckham,

Tahir Masud,

Rachael Taylor,

Denise Kendrick,

Hannah Carpenter,

Steve Iliffe,

Richard Morris,

Heather Gage,

Dawn A. Skelton,

Susie Dinan-Young,

Katherine BrookeWavell

Publication year - 2015

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/afv055

Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , bone mineral , femoral neck , fall prevention , randomized controlled trial , osteoporosis , incidence (geometry) , poison control , gerontology , injury prevention , emergency medicine , optics , physics

exercise can reduce osteoporotic fracture risk by strengthening bone or reducing fall risk. Falls prevention exercise programmes can reduce fall incidence, and also include strengthening exercises suggested to load bone, but there is little information as to whether these programmes influence bone mineral density (BMD) and strength.

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