Summary of findings: balance and functional exercises vs control (e.g. usual activities)
Falls · Older people living in the community (trials focusing on people recently discharged from hospital were not included)
Summary of findings: balance and functional exercises leads to lower rate of falls (falls per person‐years) compared with control (e.g. usual activities) (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRate ratio 0.76 [0.7, 0.81]39 studies · 7920 participantsHigh