Balance Improvements in Independent-Living Elderly Adults Following a 12-Week Structured Exercise Program

Kloubec, June; Rozga, Mary; Block, Megan

doi:10.1080/01924788.2012.673158

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Section: Anterior and Posterior Balance Changes (Comprehensive Effects)mentioning

confidence: 97%

“…As mentioned previously, muscular strength is a function of balance, and there is strong evidence in the literature that physical exercise training greatly improves muscle capabilities (Kloubec, Rozga, & Block, 2012). Interventions that involve gait, balance, coordination and functional exercises seem to have the greatest functional improvement on balance (Kloubec et al, 2012), and horseback riding involves all of this (Bertoti, 1988). The length of a physical training program plays an important role in the functional improvements seen in balance, as programs lasting only six weeks have not shown significant results as programs lasting more than six weeks (Kloubec et al, 2012).…”

Section: Anterior and Posterior Balance Changes (Comprehensive Effects)mentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Interventions that involve gait, balance, coordination and functional exercises seem to have the greatest functional improvement on balance (Kloubec et al, 2012), and horseback riding involves all of this (Bertoti, 1988). The length of a physical training program plays an important role in the functional improvements seen in balance, as programs lasting only six weeks have not shown significant results as programs lasting more than six weeks (Kloubec et al, 2012). This has major implications as it suggests that the duration of a program is essential to show balance improvements.…”

Section: Anterior and Posterior Balance Changes (Comprehensive Effects)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balance

Anderson

2019

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of therapeutic horseback riding as a therapeutic intervention to improve the balance of thirty individuals who participated in a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH) therapeutic riding member program. The study lasted ten weeks, with each participant receiving the intervention for thirty minutes, once a week. The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) (Newman, 2001) was used as an instrument to quantify balance before and after the first intervention, the beginning of the second intervention, and after the last intervention. The therapeutic riding program began with active arm movements to encourage stretching, and required two forms of external perturbations involving at least three transitions, and the completion of at least one figure eight to challenge balance of riders with disabilities. This quasi-experimental study used a one-group pretest-posttest design to examine the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on balance. Paired t-tests and repeated measures ANOVAs were used to examine a relationship between therapeutic horseback riding and balance. The discussion presents practitioner applications and research implications. THE EFFECTS OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING ON BALANCE

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Section: Anterior and Posterior Balance Changes (Comprehensive Effects)mentioning

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The Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balance

Anderson

2019

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“…Most interventions lasted 12 wks [36][37][38][39][40]46,[58][59][60]62,63,65,67,73,74,80,86,96,102,103,107,109 or longer, up to 2 yrs. 43,44,[47][48][49][50][51][52]54,56,64,66,69,[77][78][79]82,84,[87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94]100,101,104 Nine other studies involved interventions ranging from 8 wks 42,…”

Section: Oldest-old Adultsmentioning

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“…The most common frequency of exercise is twice 36,43,48,49,51,52,58,59,67,78,82,86,93,99,105,107 to thrice per week. [37][38][39]41,42,46,56,60,[62][63][64]69,70,73,74,77,80,83,[89][90][91]96,98,101,104,109 Fourteen studies required the adults to exercise four to six times per week. 40,50,54,65,66,68,71,84,87,88,…”

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The effects of exercise interventions on physical performance and activities of daily living in oldest-old and frail older adults: a review of the literature

Lau¹,

Tou²,

Jabbar

et al. 2023

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

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This review examined and compared the effects of exercise interventions using portable exercise equipment on muscle strength, balance, and ability to perform activities of daily living in the oldest-old and frail. We also examined the differences in the intervention characteristics between these two groups. The CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Cochrane databases were searched using specific text words and MeSH for randomized controlled trials published from 2000 to 2021, which involved exercise interventions for either oldest-old (≥75 yrs) or physically frail (reduced muscular strength, endurance, and physiological function) older adults. A total of 76 articles were included in this review, in which 61 studies involved oldest-old adults and 15 studies examined frail adults. Subgroup reviews of community dwelling and institutionalized adults were performed. The empirical evidence suggests that single-component and multicomponent exercise interventions produced positive effects for both older adult groups on muscle strength and balance, respectively. The effects of multicomponent interventions on muscular strength could be dependent on the number of exercise components per session. The effects of exercises on activities of daily living enhancement were less clear. We advocate for single intervention resistance training in all oldest-old and frail seniors to improve strength, if compliance to exercise duration is an issue.

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The Injury Consequences of Promoting Physical Activity : An Evidence Review

Girardi¹,

Babul²,

Rajabali³

et al. 2021

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Balance Improvements in Independent-Living Elderly Adults Following a 12-Week Structured Exercise Program

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

The Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balance

The Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balance

The effects of exercise interventions on physical performance and activities of daily living in oldest-old and frail older adults: a review of the literature

The Injury Consequences of Promoting Physical Activity : An Evidence Review

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