EFFECT OF SPECIFIC BALANCE STRATEGY TRAINING PROGRAMME ON BALANCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY POPULATION

Muzaffar  Mairaj; Hamdani  Nusrat; Walia  Shefali

doi:10.15621/ijphy/2015/v2i5/78223

Authors

Muzaffar Mairaj Physiotherapist, Help Age India, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Hamdani Nusrat Dept of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of HIMSR, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
Walia Shefali ISIC, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15621/ijphy/2015/v2i5/78223

Keywords:

Specific Balance Strategy, General Balance stratergy, Institutionalized, Elderly, Falls, Physical activity

Abstract

Background: Balance emerges from the interaction of multiple systems that are organized to meet functional task goals and that are constrained by environmental context, but is often compromised with advancing age. At least 30% of older people experience decline in physical activity after entry into residential care. Participation in activity is more difficult for older people because of fear, lack of motivation, depression and poor understanding of the long term benefits of physical activity. Thus our purpose was to investigate effect of specific balance strategy training programme as compared to general balance training in improving balance in institutionalized elderly population.
Methods: 26 institutionalized elderly subjects participated in the study. Participants in group A were given specific balance strategy training programme and those in group B were given general balance training. Intervention was for 40 min per day, thrice a week for 4 weeks. Balance was assessed using Berg balance scale and Timed up and go test.
Result: Both the interventions showed marked improvement in balance when assessed on Berg balance and Timed up and go test. The group having specific balance strategy training programme proved to be significantly better than general balance training programme.
Conclusion: Specific balance strategy training programme being more effective than general regimens should be incorporated in addressing balance related problems of institutionalized elderly population.

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EFFECT OF SPECIFIC BALANCE STRATEGY TRAINING PROGRAMME ON BALANCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY POPULATION

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