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Update on Exercise to Prevent Falls – Reviews

by Dawn Skelton on September 7, 2011

Cathie Sherrington and colleagues have remained busy in updating us all on exercise interventions and falls. Her 2008 seminal meta-analysis left us with three key messages for effective interventions to reduce falls:

1. A dose of 50 hours or more
2. A content of highly challenging balance
3. Avoidance of walking programmes unless the above 2 points were first satisfied!


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