What is the effectiveness of exercise for older adults to decrease risk or number of falls?
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Crenshaw, Clara
Klapperich, Kelsey
Leonard, Claire
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2023-05-05
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Frail Elderly , Health Services for the Aged
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There are about 36 million reported falls that occur each year, resulting in 32,000 deaths. Fall death rates have increased by 30% in the U.S. from 2007-2016 for older adults. It is important to address this increase by focusing on fall precention instead of only treating post-fall. The purpose of the analysis was to critically appraise various types of exervise interventions for adults aged 60+ to determine if exercise is effective in decreasing the number of falls or lowering the risk of falls for older adults. The analysis showed that 12-week exercise programs can improve stability in older adults to prevent falls and that community-dwelling older adults show significant improvements in physical function after partcipating in an exerise program paired with learning safe landing techniques for falling. Additionally, structural exercise programs have a significant improvement in dynamic balance in older adults. Because of the presence of limitations in all articles, all interventions require further research to further investigate which type of exercise programs are the most beneficial.
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Creighton University
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