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Bibliographic Records

Exercise – A Consumers’ Guide

This is a manual with instructions to citizens in the context of health education and written in Greek. It refers to: a) Exercise and bone density, b) Lifetime exercise, c) Maximum benefits of exercise, and d) Prevention of falls. The

Leg strength improvement in elderly fallers and non fallers after eight week of isokinetic strengthening.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of an eight week strengthening program in an isokinetic dynamometer, in the knee joint muscles of healthy Greek older people, with and without a history of falls. In the

EXERCISE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS AND THE PREVENTION OF FALLS

Ανασκόπηση ειδών ασκήσεων για την πρόληψη και τη θεραπεία της οστεοπόρωσης και για την πρόληψη των πτώσεων σε ηλικιωμένα άτομα.

Preventing Falls in the Geriatric Population

Falls are all too common in the geriatric population, and they havedevastating consequences. A person who falls may subsequently experience pain, hospitalization, surgical intervention, admission to a nursing home, decreased overall functional ability, poorer qualityof life, or a fear of

Make a move- Falls prevention and the environment

This is a booklet translated into Greek, useful for all seniors, which refers to the main risks from our internal and external environments that need to be recognised, that increase the likelihood for seniors to fall and be injured. Advice

The Role of Physical Exercise in Functional Characteristics and the Prevention of Falls in the Elderly

This thesis firstly describes changes in the organic systems of older people, and then describes the causes of falls in elderly people; finally it looks at inhibitors in the participation of older people in exercise, and then describes the benefits