The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings
Objectives: To investigate the effect of Romberg exercise on balance improvement in elderly persons, 70 elderly persons with the history of two or more falling during recent 3 months were selected from Kahrizak nursing home in Tehran (38 as cases and 32 as controls). Methods & Materials : Rombe...
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| author | Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani Farhad Azadi Marjan Akbari Kamrani Poorandokht Pezhmanfard Saeid Siyadat |
| author_facet | Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani Farhad Azadi Marjan Akbari Kamrani Poorandokht Pezhmanfard Saeid Siyadat |
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| description | Objectives: To investigate the effect of Romberg exercise on balance improvement in elderly persons, 70 elderly persons with the history of two or more falling during recent 3 months were selected from Kahrizak nursing home in Tehran (38 as cases and 32 as controls).
Methods & Materials : Romberg exercise was done in case group every day (45 minute per day and one time each day) for 3 months. Among all persons, 28 persons in case group and 21 persons in control group were followed for 6 months and incidence and frequency of falling were assessed during this time.
Results: The Incidence of one or more falling in case and control groups was 31.3% and 47.6% in men and 57.9% and 27.3% in women, respectively. We found no significant relation between gender and the incidence of falling (P=0.460). Also, no significant relation was found between age and incidence (P=0.554) and frequency of falling (P=0.144) in elderly persons.
Conclusion: Although the effect of Romberg exercise on improvement of balance disturbance and falling was not demonstrated, it needs additional studies with larger sample size and longer follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffbed14989a646a79b0f9078da734fc12023-09-03T04:26:35ZfasUniversity of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation SciencesSālmand1735-806X1735-806X2007-07-0122246251The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past FallingsAhmad Ali Akbari Kamrani0Farhad Azadi1Marjan Akbari Kamrani2Poorandokht Pezhmanfard3Saeid Siyadat4 Iranian Research Centre on Ageing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran. Objectives: To investigate the effect of Romberg exercise on balance improvement in elderly persons, 70 elderly persons with the history of two or more falling during recent 3 months were selected from Kahrizak nursing home in Tehran (38 as cases and 32 as controls). Methods & Materials : Romberg exercise was done in case group every day (45 minute per day and one time each day) for 3 months. Among all persons, 28 persons in case group and 21 persons in control group were followed for 6 months and incidence and frequency of falling were assessed during this time. Results: The Incidence of one or more falling in case and control groups was 31.3% and 47.6% in men and 57.9% and 27.3% in women, respectively. We found no significant relation between gender and the incidence of falling (P=0.460). Also, no significant relation was found between age and incidence (P=0.554) and frequency of falling (P=0.144) in elderly persons. Conclusion: Although the effect of Romberg exercise on improvement of balance disturbance and falling was not demonstrated, it needs additional studies with larger sample size and longer follow-up.http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1Romberg exercise Falling Elderly Balance |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani Farhad Azadi Marjan Akbari Kamrani Poorandokht Pezhmanfard Saeid Siyadat The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings Sālmand Romberg exercise Falling Elderly Balance |
| title | The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings |
| title_full | The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings |
| title_short | The Effect of Romberg Exercise on Falling Episodes of Elderlies With History of Past Fallings |
| title_sort | effect of romberg exercise on falling episodes of elderlies with history of past fallings |
| topic | Romberg exercise Falling Elderly Balance |
| url | http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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