Falls Prevention

HUR MEDICAL CONCEPTS
Falls Prevention

Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall each year. Falls in care facilities and hospitals are common events that cause considerable morbidity and mortality for older adults. In addition, falls impose a significant social and economic burden for individuals, their families, community health services along with the economy.

The HUR falls prevention concept helps the health care and rehabilitation professionals to provide the best practice of exercise as medicine based on the latest international preventive and treatment guidelines to regular weekly habitual physical activities and exercise training regimen.

A large body of evidence supports the recommendation that balance -, strength -, gait -, and coordination training is effective in reducing falls, and therefore it should be included as part of a multi-component intervention to prevent falls in older persons and may be considered as a single intervention.

In most scientific trials, the exercise program has been longer than 12 weeks (1–3 times per week) with variable intensity.

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ASG Approach

The HUR falls prevention concept enables health care and rehabilitation professionals to provide the best practice of exercise as medicine based on the latest international preventive and treatment guidelines, to engage people to regular weekly physical activity and follow an exercise training routine. We aim to use a range of exercise modalities with the objective of preventing falls, including balance exercises, strength training, flexibility and endurance training. These can be used as individual or group exercises in isolation or in combination.

HUR Falls Prevention

In addition to increased muscle strength in older adults, strength training offers numerous other advantages as well. It has clearly shown improvements in balance, functional mobility, stability limits, quality of life, and fall prevention. Strength training can attenuate age-related changes in muscle function and improve activities of daily living, such as walking endurance, gait speed, and stair climbing.