Freiberger 2012.
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Setting: Erlangen, Germany N = 280 Sample: recruited from health insurance company membership database (44% female) Age (years): 76.1 (SD 4.1) Inclusion criteria: community‐dwelling adults; aged 70 to 90; fallen in the past 6 months or reported fear of falling Exclusion criteria: unable to ambulate independently; cognitive impairment (< 25 on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST)) |
Interventions | 1. "Strength and balance group": strength and balance exercises only 2. "Fitness group": strength and balance plus endurance training 3. "Multifaceted group": strength and balance plus fall risk education 4. Control group The interventions consisted of 32 1‐hour group sessions in 16 weeks |
Outcomes | Falls and fallers (multiple fallers) |
Duration of the study | 3 years |
Notes | Previously excluded as 2007 paper was reported as an RCT but control group was not randomised. Number randomised less in 2012 paper which reports 12 to 24‐month data. |