Improvements in balance.......

........in older adults engaged in a specialized home care falls prevention program

 Whitney SL, et al

J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2013 Jan-Mar;36(1):3-12. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0b013e3182550ea5.

Abstract

"BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To determine if persons older than 65 years receiving a combination of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, or nursing interventions in their home demonstrated changes in gait/balance function after an episode of home care services.......

.......RESULTS: The gait/balance measures demonstrated MDCs ranging between 68% and 91% for the study sample........

 

......CONCLUSION: On the basis of established criteria, participants seemed to make clinically meaningful gains after the home care episode of care."

Quelle: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22573005/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer3e7f8&utm_medium=facebook 

 

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