Background At least one‐third of community‐dwelling people over 65 years of age fall each
year. Exercises that target balance, gait and muscle strength have been found to prevent …

Background Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall
each year. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2009. Objectives To …

Background Fear of falling is common in older people and associated with serious physical
and psychosocial consequences. Exercise (planned, structured, repetitive and purposive …

Background Approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age and living in the
community fall each year; the number is higher in institutions. Although less than one fall in …

Increased focus on prevention presents health promoters with new opportunities and
challenges. In this context, the study of factors influencing policy-maker decisions to scale up …

Good balance is an imperative skill for daily life that requires the complex integration of
sensory information regarding the position of the body relative to the surroundings and the …

OBJECTIVES: Our falls prevention research group has conducted four controlled trials of a
home exercise program to prevent falls in older people. The objectives of this meta‐analysis …

Background: the 'Otago exercise programme'(OEP) is a strength and balance retraining
programme designed to prevent falls in older people living in the community. The aim of this …

Study objective: To estimate the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances,
admissions to hospital, and the associated costs as a result of unintentional falls in older …

Objectives: To test whether Stepping On, a multifaceted community‐based program using a
small‐group learning environment, is effective in reducing falls in at‐risk people living at …