@article{ref1,
title="The immediate effect of physical activity on standing balance in healthy and balance-impaired older people",
journal="Australasian journal on ageing",
year="2009",
author="Cresswell, Andrew G. and Egerton, Thorlene and Brauer, Sandra G.",
volume="28",
number="2",
pages="93-96",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine if standing balance was affected by moderate levels of physical activity in healthy young, healthy older and balance-impaired older adults. METHODS: Thirty-one healthy young, 33 healthy older and 22 balance-impaired older adults took part. Centre of pressure (COP) motion was measured before and immediately after participants undertook 14 minutes of self-paced, moderate intensity physical activity. RESULTS: All groups responded in a similar manner. Following the physical activity circuit, mediolateral COP displacement and standard deviation of mediolateral COP position increased by 5% and 17%, respectively. Anteroposterior COP displacement and COP standard deviation, and total COP displacement, did not change. All changes were small compared with the magnitude of the group differences. CONCLUSIONS: A small increase in fall risk may exist immediately following physical activity and older people may need to exercise caution following moderate intensity bouts of physical activity to prevent falling.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-6381",
doi="10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00350.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00350.x"
}