Exercise for improving balance in older people.

Tracey E Howe; L. Rochester; F. Neil; D. Skelton; C. Ballinger

DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004963.pub3

Corpus ID: 205176433

Exercise for improving balance in older people.

@article{Howe2011ExerciseFI,
  title={Exercise for improving balance in older people.},
  author={Tracey E Howe and L. Rochester and F. Neil and D. Skelton and C. Ballinger},
  journal={The Cochrane database of systematic reviews},
  year={2011},
  volume={11},
  pages={
          CD004963
        }
}

Tracey E Howe, L. Rochester, +2 authors C. Ballinger

Published 2011

Medicine

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

BACKGROUND In older adults, diminished balance is associated with reduced physical functioning and an increased risk of falling. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2007. OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of exercise interventions on balance in older people, aged 60 and over, living in the community or in institutional care. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register, CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library 2011, Issue 1… CONTINUE READING

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