Quasi-experimental pilot study to improve mobility and balance in recurrently falling nursing home residents by voluntary non-targeted side-stepping exercise intervention

Quasi-experimental pilot study to improve mobility and balance in recurrently falling nursing home residents by voluntary non-targeted side-stepping exercise intervention

Abstract Background Side-stepping is a potential exercise program to reduce fall risk in community-dwelling adults in their seventies, but it has never been tested in nursing home residents. This was a pilot quasi-experimental study to examine the feasibility and potential mobility and balance benef...

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Main Authors: Frédéric Dierick, Anne-France Bouché, Serge Guérin, Jean-Paul Steinmetz, Carine Federspiel, Vincent Barvaux, Fabien Buisseret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Falls
Prevention
Walking
Exercise
Training
Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03696-y

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