Verification of the Effectofan Exercise Programme toImprove the Stability in Elderly Patients by Means of Posturography

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Authors: J. Tůmová
Authors‘ workplace: Katedra fyziologie FTVS UK vedoucí katedry: doc. MUDr. Staša Bartůňková, CSc.
Published in: Rehabil. fyz. Lék., , 2002, No. 3, pp. 100-104.
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Overview

Thirty patients of both sexes aged above 75 yeares from old age pensioners homes participated ina three-month exercise programme to improve coordination and stability and thus to reduce the riskof falls. The success of this programme was tested by three motor tests and examination ona posturograph at the beginning and after completion of the exercise programme and 6 months aftertermination of the programme. An equally sized control group without and exercise programme wassubjected to the same examinations. The results indicate that improvement of selected parametersof stability occurs if strict criteria are used for selection of patients. From the aspect of evaluation anindividual approach is preferable to a general one.

Key words:
exercise programme, stability, coordination, falls, posturograph

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Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine

2002 Issue 3