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Tech Talk: VR exercises for people with intellectual disabilities
Researchers are using virtual reality (VR) to encourage South Australians with an intellectual disability to undertake regular physical exercise through a high-tech gaming program that builds positive exercise habits and reduces their increased risk of early-onset cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attacks. The idea might be effective in assisted living and dementia care settings.
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Embedded in daily activities, exercise can reduce falls
Although strength exercises and balance training have been shown to reduce the risk of falls, few people perform those exercises. To address this issue, the Lifestyle integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program was developed to embed balance and lower limb strength training into daily routines, such as walking, stepping over objects and moving from sitting to standing. Did it work?
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Piano music inspires movement that reduces falls
Fall prevention is a major focus in programs for older adults, since one in three US adults fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of injury death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
In a variation on group exercise to music, an intervention was designed so that participants moved according to the rhythms in piano music.
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Two techniques inspire physical activity
Why do people decide to add physical activity to their lives? Looking for clues, a research team explored data from an earlier study to see if they could identify the factors that led participants to start being more active.
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Behavioral program can reduce fear of falling
Fear of falling can be more detrimental to a person’s quality of life than actually falling, according to a study previously published in ICAA Research Review (8[43] 2008).
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