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Listen to Dr. Debra Rose discuss how to design balance and mobility programs to meet clients’ needs. A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Training Program and foremost expert in balance disorders and programming, will discuss how to design balance and mobility programs to meet clients’ needs. The innovative fall risk reduction program she developed and describes in this manual was recognized by the Health Promotion Institute of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) in 2006 as a best practice...
Listen to Dr. Debra Rose discuss how to design balance and mobility programs to meet clients’ needs. A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Training Program and foremost expert in balance disorders and programming, will discuss how to design balance and mobility programs to meet clients’ needs. The innovative fall risk reduction program she developed and describes in this manual was recognized by the Health Promotion Institute of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) in 2006 as a best practice...
Debra J. Rose, PhD, is a professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health Science, co-director of the Center for Successful Aging, and kinesiology graduate program coordinator at California State University, Fullerton. The innovative fall risk reduction program she developed was recently recognized by the National Council on Aging as one of seven programs nationwide that promotes a healthy, active lifestyle. She is a fellow of the Research Consortium of AAPHERD and past Executive Board ...
The purpose of this study was to determine if gait velocity could predict faller status in a group of independently functioning older adults. Method: A cross-sectional design was used to establish the sensitivity and specificity of gait velocity to predict faller status as measured during the performance of the 30-tt walk test at a preferred and maximum speed. Results: Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that gait velocity could be used to predict faller status in both the ...
Dan Ritchie is a personal trainer and the co-owner of Miracles Fitness in West Lafayette, Indiana. With more than 10 years experience in personal training, working with elite athletes and people with special conditions – from Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s disease and everything in between; Dan has gained valuable insight into the aging population to help them actively age. Dan Ritchie has a broad background in the fitness industry including training and management in commercial and university/...
Depending on the level of risk identified, physical activity may serve a primary, secondary, or tertiary role in the prevention of falls. Instead, the type of physical activity intervention strategy adopted should consider multiple factors, including level of fall risk, identified physical risk factors, and the physical activity preferences of older adults. The FPCE is currently engaged in developing and disseminating fall prevention tools and informational resources directed at the needs of...
Significant age associated changes were evident for the 85-89 age group when compared with the 65-69, 70-74, and 75-79 age groups for mean GV, SL, and GSR in both test conditions. For the variable of GA (i.e., the difference in mean gait velocity between the preferred and maximum speed condition), age-associated differences were only found when the 85-89 age group was compared with the 65-69 and 75-79 age groups, respectively. Conclusions: The 30-ft walk test performed at preferred and ...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which the level of physical activity influences age-associated changes in performance on the 30-ft walk test performed at a preferred and maximum speed. Purpose: To investigate the extent to which the level of physical activity influences age-associated changes in performance on the 30-ft walk test performed at a preferred and maximum speed. Results: A 5 (age) × 3 (physical activity level) MANOVA (SPSS, V16.0) produced ...
