Visual biofeedback training reduces quantitative drugs index scores associated with fall risk.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Drugs increase fall risk and decrease performance on balance and mobility tests. Conversely, whether biofeedback training to reduce fall risk also decreases scores on a published drug-based fall risk index has not been documented. Forty-eight community-dwelling older adults underwent either treadmill gait training plus visual feedback (+VFB), or walked on a treadmill without feedback. The Quantitative Drug Index (QDI) was derived from each participant's drug list and is based upon all cause drug-associated fall risk. Analysis of covariance assessed changes in the QDI during the study, and data is presented as mean ± standard error of the mean.

Results

The QDI scores decreased significantly (p = 0.031) for participants receiving treadmill gait training +VFB (- 0.259

SUBMITTER: Anson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196457 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature