Title: Recommended balance training programs for older adults – Human Kinetics
Headings: Recommended balance training programs for older adults
Recommended balance training programs for older adults
This is an excerpt from Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription 7th Edition With Online Video by Vivian Heyward & Ann Gibson.
Designing Balance Training Programs
Recommendations for Balance Training Programs (ACSM 2009b)
Balance Training Exercise Prescription
Balance Training Programs
Sample Multimodal Balance Training Program
Client data
Guidelines for Designing Balance Training Programs for Older Adults (Granacher 2011)

Content: At the end of this 6 mo program, strength, balance, and gait endurance of older adults were significantly improved. Those who attended classes 2 days/wk improved more than those averaging only once per week. Does resistance training improve balance? Improved balance is often mentioned as one of the benefits of resistance training. Muscle weakness is one intrinsic factor related to balance disorders and risk of falling. Reduced muscle strength, especially in the lower extremities, affects one's ability to perform ADLs such as stair climbing or standing from a seated position. Orr and colleagues (2008) published the first systematic review of studies that assessed the effect of progressive resistance exercise training on balance of older adults. They noted that only a small percentage of balance outcome measures were significantly improved due to resistance training: static balance (26%), dynamic balance (14%), functional balance (57%), and computerized dynamic posturography (8%). Thus, resistance training as an isolated intervention does not consistently improve balance of older adults.