@article{ref1,
title="Long-term follow-up of exercise interventions aimed at preventing falls in older people living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="Physiotherapy",
year="2019",
author="Finnegan, Susanne and Seers, Kate and Bruce, Julie",
volume="105",
number="2",
pages="187-199",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Fall-related injuries are the leading cause of accident-related mortality for older adults, with 30% of those aged 65 years and over falling annually. Exercise is effective in reducing rate and risk of falls in community-dwelling adults; however, there is lack of evidence for the long-term effects of exercise. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term effect of exercise interventions on preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults. DATA SOURCES: Searches were undertaken on MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, psycINFO, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and The Cochrane Library from inception to April 2017. STUDY SELECTION: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies or secondary analyses of RCTs with long-term follow-up (>12months) of exercise interventions involving community-dwelling older adults (65 and over) compared to a control group. DATA EXTRACTION/ DATA SYNTHESIS: Pairs of review authors independently extracted data. Review Manager (RevMan 5.1) was used for meta-analysis and data were extracted using rate ratio (RaR) and risk ratio (RR). <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-four studies (7818 participants) were included. The overall pooled estimate of the effect of exercise on rate of falling beyond 12-month follow-up was rate ratio (RaR) 0.79 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.71 to 0.88) and risk of falling was risk ratio (RR) 0.83 (95% CI 0.76 to 0.92) Subgroup analyses revealed that there was no sustained effect on rate or risk of falling beyond two years post intervention. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Falls prevention exercise programmes have sustained long-term effects on the number of people falling and the number of falls for up to two years after an exercise intervention. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42017062461.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9406",
doi="10.1016/j.physio.2018.09.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2018.09.002"
}