A post-hospital home exercise program improved mobility but increased falls in older people: a randomised controlled trial.

A post-hospital home exercise program improved mobility but increased falls in older people: a randomised controlled trial.

Home exercise can prevent falls in the general older community but its impact in people recently discharged from hospital is not known. The study aimed to investigate the effects of a home-based exercise program on falls and mobility among people recently discharged from hospital.This randomised con...

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Main Authors: Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Constance M Vogler, Jacqueline C T Close, Kirsten Howard, Catherine M Dean, Gillian Z Heller, Lindy Clemson, Sandra D O'Rourke, Elisabeth Ramsay, Elizabeth Barraclough, Robert D Herbert, Robert G Cumming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152130?pdf=render

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