Help an older parent train balance and strength
The exercise evidence concerns older adults living in the community. Fall prevention is about keeping people upright, not a measured reduction in deaths.
Help an older parent build balance and leg-strength exercise into a routine.
Exercise programs reduced the rate of falls by 23% in trials of community-dwelling older adults.
Why consider it?
The Cochrane review pooled exercise trials. The relative reduction counts falls over time, not deaths or the number of people who fell. The estimate is for studied programs in community-dwelling older adults; it does not establish the effect of any casual activity or home modification.
Read the sources
Source grade A is reproduced from the original work. It does not establish suitability for everyone.
Original item: chapter 1, item 13 ↗Adaptation: Rewritten in English from the locked Chinese original; retained evidence grade and study limits. Effect sizes quoted from the cited source: estimates are kept in their original comparison and population; observational associations are not described as proven personal gains.
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