Citation

Rose DJ, Hernandez D. Clin. Geriatr. Med. 2010; 26(4): 607-631.

Affiliation

Department is Kinesiology, Center for Successful Aging, California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.003

PMID

20934613

Abstract

This article reviews the evidence for the effectiveness of stand-alone exercise interventions and multifactorial intervention strategies that include exercise in lowering fall incidence rates and/or fall risk among older adults residing in the community, acute, subacute, and long-term care settings. Stand-alone exercise programs that emphasize multiple exercise categories are effective in reducing fall rates and fall risk in community-residing older adults, and may also be effective when conducted for a sufficient duration with older adult patients in subacute settings. In contrast, multifactorial fall risk reduction programs that include exercise as a component and are delivered by a multidisciplinary team are more effective in lowering fall rates in long-term care settings.

Language: en