TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: An updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations
JO  - New South Wales public health bulletin
A1  - Sherrington, Catherine
A1  - Tiedemann, Anne
A1  - Fairhall, Nicola
A1  - Close, Jacqueline C. T.
A1  - Lord, Stephen R.
SP  - 78
EP  - 83
VL  - 22
IS  - 3-4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1034-7674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10056
ID  - ref1
ER  -