@article{ref1,
title="Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: An updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations",
journal="New South Wales public health bulletin",
year="2011",
author="Sherrington, Catherine and Tiedemann, Anne and Fairhall, Nicola and Close, Jacqueline C. T. and Lord, Stephen R.",
volume="22",
number="3-4",
pages="78-83",
abstract="This systematic review update includes 54 randomized 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1034-7674",
doi="10.1071/NB10056",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10056"
}