[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi · Feb 2006
[Production of a fall prevention exercise programme considering suggestions from community-dwelling elderly].
A fall prevention exercise programme, which elderly persons could undertake in their home alone to maintain and improve leg muscle strength, body balance ability and flexibility, was developed. The programme consisted of number of movements from which the best were selected on the basis of participant evaluation. The purpose of this report is to document the actual contents and an examination of the effects of this exercise programme in elderly people. ⋯ This result of intervention suggested that incidence of falls was decreased by the execution of the exercise programme in twelve sessions of fall prevention class and at home.