LONDON, England (CNN) -- Playing the Nintendo Wii Fit could improve balance and help avoid falls in seniors, researchers taking part in a new study suggest. 

Researchers in Aberdeen think playing Wii Fit may improve the elderly's balance and lower risks of falling. 

The University of Aberdeen, Scotland and the UK's National Health Service (NHS) have embarked on a four month study on people over 70 to observe any changes in balance after regular use of the Wii Fit. 

The video game has different activities including yoga poses, push ups, strength, balance and aerobic exercises. 

The Wii Fit includes a balance board that records movements and gives feedback on performance. 

Dr Marie Fraser, a specialist registrar at Woodend Hospital in Scotland, UK, is carrying out the research. 

She told CNN: "Falls are the most common cause of accidental injury in older people and the most common cause of accidental deaths in 75-year-olds and over." 

It is hoped that using the Wii Fit's balance board can improve elderly people's balance and confidence. 

Dr Alison Stewart, who devised the study said she came up with the idea while working in the Osteoporosis department at the University of Aberdeen, after seeing a large number of fractures in old people who had fallen. 

Stewart, a commercial research manager with the NHS, said she then decided to research how to improve older people's balance. 

She told CNN: "There exists a medical fitness device that improves balance, but it is expensive and I could not get the funding.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the subject of the study?
2. What topic does the study focus on?
3. What subject is the study interested in?
Q2:
1. How wa the Wii Fit used?
2. What was the Wii Fit used to do?
3. What activities were done with the Wii Fit?
Q3:
1. Where was the study done?
2. What was the site where the study was conducted?
3. In what location was the study carried out?
Q4:
1. What researcher conducted the study?
2. Whose study was conducted?
3. Who was in charge of the study?
Q5:
1. How long did the study last?
2. How long was the study carried out for?
3. For what length of time did the study go on?
Q6:
1. Who worked with Dr. Marie Fraser on the study?
2. Who collaborated with Dr. Marie Fraser on the study?
3. What was the name of the researcher who worked in collaboration with Dr. Marie Fraser?
Q7:
1. Who was the subject of Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart's research?
2. Who did Drs. Alison Stewart and Marie Fraser conduct research on?
3. Who were Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart studying?
Q8:
1. What were Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart trying to figure out?
2. What did Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart wish to find out?
3. What were Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart hoping to discover?
Q9:
1. What were Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart trying to reduce?
2. What did Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart want there to be less of?
3. What were Drs. Marie Fraser and Alison Stewart hoping to minimize?
Q10:
1. Why did the study use the Wii Fit?
2. What was the utility of conducting research with the Wii Fit?
3. Why put a Wii Fit into the study?
