Acceptability of a perturbation-based balance training programme for falls prevention in older adults: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Perturbation-based balance training (PBT) is reported to effectively reduce falls in older adults and may even be superior compared with various exercise programmes. Due to the nature of the intervention, requiring unpredictable balance perturbations, the question arises whether acceptability is an issue in PBT.

Objective

To evaluate the acceptability of PBT in older adults with a recent history of falls.

Design, method, participants and setting

This is a qualitative study in which semistructured interviews were conducted in 16 older adults (14 women and 2 men, mean age 73.6±6.0 years) who completed a three-session PBT protocol as part of another study in a university medical centre in the Netherlands. Typical case and purposive sampling strategies were a

SUBMITTER: Gerards MHG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883254 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature