Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Interactive games/physical
exercises for fall prevention in
elderly Dr. Liu group
- Traditional OT/Exergames
- Exergame design
- Pros and
Cons (B.G. 1, 2, 3)
- Needed additions for elderly (B.G. 1, 2, 3)
- Exergames
- Fall prevention( B.G. 3,4)
- Improving balance (B.G. 1,4)
- Fear of falls (B.G. 6)
- Elderly views
- Motivation to participate (B.G. 2,3)
- Physical activity (B.G. 1,2,3)
- Traditional OT in Fall Prevention
- Environmental modifications (B.G. 5, 6)
- Lack of research areas (B.G. 5)
- Functional exercises (B.G. 5)
- Behavioral interventions 5
- Medication management (B.G. 5)
- OT in Exergames
- No research found
- Physical Exercise
- Balance
- Strength training (S.A. 3)
- Whole body vibration (S.A. 6)
- Some effect as routine exercise (S.A. 6)
- Resistance (S.A. 1)
- Mini trampoline, aquatic, gymnastics (S.A. 2)
- Multi-component fitness (S.A. 3,4,5)
- Increase physical fitness (S.A. 5)
- Not enough to induce changes in body compensation (S.A. 5)
- Flexibility (S.A. 3, 4, 5)
- Resistance (S.A. 3, 4, 5)
- Muscular endurance (S.A. 5)
- Cardiovascular endurance (aerobics) (S.A. 3, 4, 5)
- Decreased physical fitness in both
genders as age increase (S.A. 4)
- Improving balance in the elderly
- The Cochrane
Collaboration (K.S. 2)
- Interventions of unknown effectiveness (K.S. 2)
- Interventions likely to
be beneficial (K.S. 2)
- Withdrawal of psychotropic
medication/cardiac pacers/ 15 week
Tai Chi group exercise (K.S. 2)
- Muscle strengthening and balance retraining (K.S. 2)
- Multidisciplinary,
multifactorial,
health/environmental
risk factors,
screening/intervention
programs (K.S. 2)
- Home hazard
assessments and
modifications (K.S. 2)
- Enhanced Balance
Training Program (K.S. 4)
- Enhance balance training (K.S. 4)
- Improved confidence in
walking around house
and outside (K.S. 4)
- Conventional
physiotherapy (K.S. 4)
- Tai Chi (K.S. 5)
- Confidence to improved balance (K.S. 5)
- Inconsistent results (K.S. 5)
- Variation in
exercise; Yang most
common (K.S. 5)
- Systemic review and
meta-analysis (K.S. 1)
- Environmental modification programs (K.S. 1)
- Education interventions (K.S. 1)
- #2 Exercise interventions (K.S. 1)
- #1 Multifactorial falls risk
assessment/management
programs (K.S. 1)
- Rehabilitation exercise program
- Obstacle course
performance and
reducing falls/injuries
(K.S. 3)
- Different measures/outcomes (K.S. 3)
- Characteristics of quality
fall prevention programs
- Strength training
- Not vital for fall prevention, however
there are other health benefits and there
could be long-term benefits. (Sherrington)
- Frequency/ Duration
- Strength training:
As recommended
by a physician
- Walking, other
low/mod intensity
cardio: as tolerable
- Balance: 2hrs/wk
mod/high intensity
(Sherrington)
- Multi-factorial approach (Choi)
- Exercise
- Safety checks
- Staff education
- Environmental modifications
- Walking
- Not for high fall-risk
clients (Sherrington)
- Flexibility training/ stretching
- Tai Chi improves flexibility (Leung)
- Community or
home-based
- Those livening in
long-term facility tend
to be too frail to safely
participate in exercise
(Silva)
- Balance training
- Tai Chi (Leung, Sherrington)
- Improved strength
and flexibilty
- Slower rate of
decline 6 mos
post-intervention
- Other forms of balance training
- 2 hr/wk, mod-high
intensity (Sherrington)