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1.3. 8. Falls Prevention

Bibliographic Records

Otago, Strength and balance – Primary exercise program.

This is a manual of primary exercise program for the elderly, which has been translated into Greek and is based on Otago program. The Otago Exercise Program was created after research that aimed at prevention of falls in older people

Assessing the quality of life, the fear of falling and physical activity amongst older people with hip fractures after falling

The aim of this study was to register the effect of a history of falls and hip fracture as a consequenceof a fall, on the quality of life, the fear of falling and in physical activity in the third age.

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

Cross-cultural validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) in Greek community-dwelling older adults

Purpose. The cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) in community-dwelling seniors in Greece.Method. For cross-cultural adaptation, the back-translation procedure was utilised by four bi-lingual translators. For validation, 89 community-dwellings (50 males, 39 females) aged 61–90 years old

Epidemiological Data on Osteoporosis in Greece: The Contribution of the Greek Association of Osteoporosis Patient Support

The Greek Association of Osteoporosis Patient Support which was founded in 1997 is an active and energetic member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). According to international data, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age