Effectiveness of Exergaming Training in Reducing Risk and Incidence of Falls in Frail Older Adults With a History of Falls.

Autor:	Fu AS; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China., Gao KL; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China., Tung AK; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China., Tsang WW; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: William.Tsang@polyu.edu.hk., Kwan MM; Rural Clinical School, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation [Arch Phys Med Rehabil] 2015 Dec; Vol. 96 (12), pp. 2096-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 07.
DOI:	10.1016/j.apmr.2015.08.427
Abstrakt:	Objective: To use Nintendo's Wii Fit balance board to determine the effectiveness of exergaming training in reducing risk and incidence of falls in older adults with a history of falls. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Nursing home for older adults. Participants: Adults aged 65 years and older (N=60). Interventions: Participants who lived in a nursing home had 6 weeks of balance training with either Wii Fit equipment or conventional exercise. Main Outcome Measures: Physiological Profile Assessment scores and incidence of falls were observed with subsequent intention-to-treat statistical analyses. Results: Physiological Profile Assessment scores and incidence of falls improved significantly in both groups after the intervention (all P<.01), but participants in the Wii Fit training group showed a significantly greater improvement in both outcome measures (P=.004 and P<.001, respectively). Conclusions: In institutionalized older adults with a history of falls, Wii Fit balance training was more effective than conventional balance training in reducing the risk and incidence of falls. (Copyright © 2015 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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