Providing better opportunities for exercise and group training reduced recurrent falls and fall injuries among older women, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The findings were published in Age and Aging. Previous studies have shown that exercise can promote the health and functional capacity of older people. Although the health benefits of exercise are widely documented, pragmatic trials demonstrating the effectiveness of societal strategies to increase exercise for fall prevention, for example, are sparse. In collaboration with the City of Kuopio, Finland, the Kuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit at the University of Eastern Finland conducted a large
Group training helped to prevent falls among older women as seen on The Hippocratic Post.