Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
This abstract, presented at the 2004 6th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity, Canada, describes the preliminary analysis of the falls data in the randomised controlled trial of FaME, delivered by PSI’s.
To search for the abstract, scroll to Friday afternoon’s Invited Symposia and then down to S15. Physical Activity Rehabilitation After Falls, alternatively use your Find button on the Edit menu of your browser and type in Skelton and then click “next” until you find the correct abstract (more than one presented at this conference).
The full published paper of this data, published in Age and Ageing in 2005, can be found here.
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