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The Effect of Strength and Endurance Training on Gait, Balance, Fall Risk, and Health Services Use in Community-Living Older Adults

The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 1997 · Vol. 52A(4) · pp. M218–M224

David M. Büchner✉(University of Washington)M. Elaine Cress(University of Washington)Barbara J. de Lateur(Johns Hopkins University)Peter C. Esselman(University of Washington)Anthony J. Margherita(University of Washington)Robert Price(University of Washington)Edward H. Wagner(Group Health Cooperative)

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Abstract

Exercise may have beneficial effects on fall rates and health care use in some subgroups of older adults. In community-living adults with mainly mild impairments in gait, balance, and physical health status, short-term exercise may not have a restorative effect on these impairments.

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryBalance (ability)GaitPhysical medicine and rehabilitationGerontologyTraining (meteorology)MedicinePhysical therapyGeography

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Accidental FallsAerobiosisAgedAgingCommunity MedicinePostural BalanceFemaleGaitHealth ServicesHealth StatusHumansMalePhysical Education and TrainingPhysical EnduranceRisk Factors

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