Study:exercise program reduces risk of falls in senior women

[JasonE]

Here's an interesting peer-reviewed study:

Community-based exercise program reduces risk factors for falls in 65- to 75-year-old women with osteoporosis: randomized controlled trial (full text) (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=134175)

Here's a correction to the published study:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=140421

And here's the bottom line:

Interpretation.
Relative to controls, participants in the exercise program experienced improvements in dynamic balance and strength, both important determinants of risk for falls, particularly in older women with osteoporosis.

[Coach Gostnell]

And here's the bottom line:
Quote:
Interpretation.
Relative to controls, participants in the exercise program experienced improvements in dynamic balance and strength, both important determinants of risk for falls, particularly in older women with osteoporosis.

Yep. It's certainly an area where I've seen much (possibly) needless suffering and expense and where I have a future focus as a someday instructor, helping people prevent that pain, trauma, and cost.