Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...

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Conclusions—Exercise is effective in lowering falls risk in selected groups and should form part of falls prevention programmes. Lowering fall related injuries will reduce health care costs but there ...

This means that if there were 850 falls among 1000 older people doing no fall-preventive exercise during one year, there would be 195 fewer falls among people who were undertaking fall-prevention ...

Many people in their 50s prepare for falls, believing that they are a decade or two away, but there is a new strength and balance program that can help them prevent these falls later in life.

An activity programme that aims to improve the mobility and wellbeing of elderly residents and prevent falls has been launched ... homes offering chair-based exercises. There will also be ...