The role of physiotherapy in the prevention of falls and in the improvement of balance in the elderly: a literature review

Abstract

The objective was to identify the performance of physiotherapy and its efficacy in the treatment of prevention against falls in the elderly, providing these people with improvement in quality of life. The collection was of scientific articles taken from electronic bases of scientific publications, and the following were identified: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (Lilacs), PUBMED and Medline. The search in the 2