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A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults : Impact for Testing and Training
Joint Authors
Granacher, Urs
Muehlbauer, Thomas
Gruber, Markus
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
A continuously greying society is confronted with specific age-related health problems (e.g., increased fall incidence/injury rate) that threaten both the quality of life of fall-prone individuals as well as the long-term sustainability of the public health care system due to high treatment costs of fall-related injuries (e.g., femoral neck fracture).
Thus, intense research efforts are needed from interdisciplinary fields (e.g., geriatrics, neurology, and exercise science) to (a) elucidate neuromuscular fall-risk factors, (b) develop and apply adequate fall-risk assessment tools that can be administered in clinical practice, and (c) develop and design effective intervention programs that have the potential to counteract a large number of fall-risk factors by ultimately reducing the number of falls in the healthy elderly.
This paper makes an effort to present the above-raised research topics in order to provide clinicians, therapists, and practitioners with the current state-of-the-art information.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Granacher, Urs& Muehlbauer, Thomas& Gruber, Markus. 2012. A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults : Impact for Testing and Training. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492297
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Granacher, Urs…[et al.]. A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults : Impact for Testing and Training. Journal of Aging Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-16.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Granacher, Urs& Muehlbauer, Thomas& Gruber, Markus. A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults : Impact for Testing and Training. Journal of Aging Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492297
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-492297