Improving compliance and effectiveness in Falls’ prevention, using a Dynamic Balance Training Platform. A randomized Control Trial. A feasibility study

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Abstract Methods The design was a Randomized control trial. The setting was an outpatient Balance Rehabilitation Clinic in a tertiary University Hospital. Results from 20 women all of them fallers, 10 in the intervention group and 10 in the control group (no intervention) were analyzed. Older women with falls in their anamnesis were evaluated with the mCTSIB test of the dynamic platform as a screening test, and if pathological also with the miniBEST test and the SPPB test. Based on the miniBEST (less than 18) the woman was placed randomly in the intervention or the control group. The intervention group completed a total of 36 sessions, 3 times per week for 30 min. The control group had no intervention. Results Dynamic platform exercise programs are proved to be effective (mini-BEST p < 0.006 and mCTSIB p < 0.02, SPPB p < 0.02) to balance rehabilitation and therefore to fall prevention. The results show also that a good compliance was achieved with a p < 0.001, and a % of patient that adhere to the protocol up to 96% Conclusion We can conclude that that fall prevention exercises on a dynamic platform are effective and with good compliance.