Falls and injury prevention
7 articles carry this tag. Tags group articles across topics; each article still sits under one topic in the contents.
- Sarcopenia · Sarcopenia is a progressive muscle disease marked by low muscle strength and mass, most common in older adults and linked to falls, disability and death.
- Balance training · Balance training is exercise that challenges the ability to stay upright; in older adults it is the best-studied way to reduce falls.
- Flexibility and mobility · Flexibility is the passive range of motion of a joint; mobility is range of motion under active control. Evidence linking either to survival is limited.
- Fall prevention · Fall prevention covers exercise, home safety, medication review and other measures that reduce falls and fall injuries in older adults.
- Yoga and tai chi · Yoga and tai chi are low-impact mind-body exercises; tai chi has a death-rate study and fall-prevention trials, yoga has blood pressure and back pain trials.
- Hearing and vision loss · Hearing and vision loss become common with age and are linked to cognitive decline, dementia and earlier death; both are among the most treatable dementia risks.
- Road safety · Road safety covers the causes and prevention of deaths and injuries in road traffic crashes, including driver behaviour, protective equipment and vehicle design.