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Evaluating the effects of an exercise program (Staying UpRight) for older adults in long-term care on rates of falls: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Falls are two to four times more frequent amongst older adults living in long-term care (LTC) than community-dwelling older adults and have deleterious consequences. It is hypothesised that a progressive exercise program targeting balance and strength will reduce fall rates when compared...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Lynne, Parsons, John, Taylor, Denise, Binns, Elizabeth, Lord, Sue, Edlin, Richard, Rochester, Lynn, Del Din, Silvia, Klenk, Jochen, Buckley, Christopher, Cavadino, Alana, Moyes, Simon A., Kerse, Ngaire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3949-4