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Otago Home-Based Strength and Balance Retraining Improves Executive Functioning in Older Fallers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

September 15, 2008

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Volume 56, Issue 10, October 2008. Effective falls prevention exercise programs, such as the Otago Exercise Program (OEP), consist of resistance training and balance training exercises.  The current thought is that these types of exercises reduce falls by improving physiology functions, although improved cognitive functions, specifically improved executive functioning, may be another mechanism by which these types of exercises reduce falls in older adults.  However, this research question has been largely unaddressed, because few exercise trials of falls prevention have included measure of cognitive function.  Furthermore, no previous study of the influence of exercise on cognition has specifically included older adults with a history of falls. Background … Read more

Category: Falls Prevention, Adding Quality to Later Life Years, Publication