NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)

Its been eagerly awaited! And its here! To view the full document and download from the Cochrane Library. It confirms Sherringtons 2017 review, balance, functional and strength structured exercise programmes reduce both falls rate and number of fallers. Tai Chi may reduces both (evidence slightly less robust). Importantly it still states there is not enough…

February 10, 2019Evidence Base for LLT Courses, Falls, News, OEP Course, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and Guidance, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Training of health professionals improves implementation of falls prevention strategies

A systematic review of the evidence behind implementation studies on falls prevention, by Victoria Goodwin (one of our PSI tutors) and colleagues, has shown that Interventions that involved the active training of healthcare professionals improved implementation. The evidence around changing the way people who fall are managed within primary care practices, and, layperson, peer or…

February 16, 2012Falls care, In the press, OEP Course, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

EfS – Cochrane Review of benefits of exercise in patients following Stroke

Published in 2009, this Cochrane Review, authored by Saunders and co-authored by Gillian Mead, one of the developers of the EfS Course, reported on a systematic review of the published evidence base of RCTs assessing the effect of exercise in patients following stroke. The positive effects of cardiorespiratory exercise, involving waking were demonstrated on speed,…

June 21, 2010EfS CourseBy Dawn Skelton

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