Web-Based Telepresence Exercise Program for Community-Dwelling Elderly Women With a High Risk of Falling: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While physical exercise is known to help prevent falls in the elderly, bad weather and long distance between the home and place of exercise represent substantial deterrents for the elderly to join or continue attending exercise programs outside their residence. Conventional modalities for home exercise can be helpful but do not offer direct and prompt feedback to the participant, which minimizes the benefit.

Objective

We aimed to develop an elderly-friendly telepresence exercise platform and to evaluate the effects of a 12-week telepresence exercise program on fall-related risk factors in community-dwelling elderly women with a high risk of falling.

Methods

In total, 34 women aged 68-91 years with Fall Risk Assessment scores >14 and no medical contraindicat

SUBMITTER: Hong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996181 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature