Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations.

By Catherine Sherrington, A. Tiedemann, N. Fairhall, J. Close., Stephen R. Lord. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2011

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This systematic review update includes 54 randomised controlled trials and confirms that exercise as a single intervention can prevent falls (pooled rate ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.77-0.91). Meta-regression revealed programs that included balance training, contained a higher dose of exercise and did not include walking training to have the greatest effect on reducing falls. We therefore recommend that exercise for falls prevention should provide a moderate or high challenge to balance and be undertaken for at least 2 hours per week on an ongoing basis. Additionally, we recommend that: falls prevention exercise should target both the general community and those at high risk for falls; exercise may be undertaken in a group or home-based setting; strength and walking training may be included in addition to balance training but high risk individuals should not be prescribed brisk walking programs; and other health-related risk factors should also be addressed.

Subfields: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

  1. Stephen R. Lord
  2. Catherine Sherrington
  3. A. Tiedemann
  4. Hylton B. Menz

In Psychiatry and Mental health

  1. Stephen R. Lord
  2. Hylton B. Menz

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  2. Adrian Bauman
  3. Stephen R. Lord
  4. A. Waxman

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