Exercise reduces the risk of falls in women with polypharmacy: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Polypharmacy has previously been found to increase and exercise interventions to reduce the risk of falls and fall-related injuries. In this study, women who had four or more regular medications benefitted the most from the exercise intervention and had the lowest fall risk compared to the reference group. Fall injuries among older people cause significant health problems with high societal costs. Previously, some exercise interventions have been found to reduce the number of falls and related injuries. We studied how different levels of medication use affect the outcome of an exercise intervention in terms of preventing falls. This exercise RCT involved 914 women born in 1932-1945 and randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 457) and control (n = 457) groups. Both groups participated in

SUBMITTER: Tamminen AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11839976 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature