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See Latest ArticlesReducing risk of falling in older people discharged from hospital: A randomized controlled trial comparing seated exercises, weight-bearing exercises, and social visits
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 08/07/09
Vogler CM et al. – For recently discharged older pts, both exercise programs reduced the fall risk score in older people. Weight-bearing (WB) exercises led to additional beneficial impacts for controlled leaning and reaction time and caused less musculoskeletal soreness than the seated exercises.
Methods- Comparison in a 12-wk randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of home-based seated and WB exercises with social visits on fall risk factors in older pts recently discharged
- Subjects: 180 pts, age ≥65, recently discharged from hospital
- Interventions: seated exercises (60 pts), WB exercises (60 pts), social visits (60 pts)
- Primary outcome factors: Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) fall risk score, and balance while standing (Coordinated Stability and Maximal Balance Range tests)
- Secondary outcomes: component parts of PPA and other physical and psychosocial measures
- Test at baseline and at completion of intervention period
- After 12 wks of interventions, WB pts had significantly better performance vs social visit pts for: PPA score, Coordinated Stability, Maximal Balance Range; body sway on floor with eyes closed; and finger-press reaction time tests
- Seated exercise pts performed better vs social visit pts in PPA score but for no other outcome factor
- Seated exercise pts had highest rate of musculoskeletal soreness
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