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Elderly women can prevent falls with exercise

LTC Liability Monitor, November 10, 2005

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society added fall prevention to the list of benefits that regular and continued exercise can provide elderly women over time, Reuters reported. Researchers in an earlier study concluded that supervised strength training and agility exercise cut an elderly woman's risk of falling by up to 57%.

The new study, published in the Journal's October 2005 edition, brings updates on the 98 women who participated in the original study-and that those who continued to train on their own in the year since the first study ended were still less likely to fall. Specifically, women who had done strength training over time were 43% less likely to fall, women who had performed agility exercises were 40% less likely to fall, and women who had done basic stretching exercises had a 37% lower risk, Reuters reported.

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