Combined resistance and balance-jumping exercise reduces older women's injurious falls and fractures: 5-year follow-up study | Zendy

Saija Karinkanta | Zendy; Pekka Kannus | Zendy; Kirsti UusiRasi | Zendy; Ari Hein | Zendy; Harri Sievänen | Zendy

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Combined resistance and balance-jumping exercise reduces older women's injurious falls and fractures: 5-year follow-up study

Author(s) -

Saija Karinkanta,

Pekka Kannus,

Kirsti UusiRasi,

Ari Hein,

Harri Sievänen

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/afv064

Subject(s) - medicine , jumping , balance (ability) , resistance training , physical therapy , falls in older adults , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , physiology

previously, a randomised controlled exercise intervention study (RCT) showed that combined resistance and balance-jumping training (COMB) improved physical functioning and bone strength. The purpose of this follow-up study was to assess whether this exercise intervention had long-lasting effects in reducing injurious falls and fractures.

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