Vol. 5 (12) pp. 1016-1020 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6050

DOSE THE USE OF VISUAL BIOFEEDBACK IN ELDERLY BALANCE TRAINING MINIMISE THEIR INCIDENCE OF FALLING?

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  • College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland.
  • Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

Falling is an issue for people of all ages, not just the elderly, resulting in injuries including head traumas and bone fracture. Balance impairment is one of the most reported issues to physicians and experienced by older people. Visual biofeedback (VBF) is a type of rehabilitation treatment tool that provides an individual with visual information about their centre of gravity within the limits of stability, while they stand on a pressure plate. This report aimed to critically evaluate studies that used the VBF intervention with elderly people in term of balance improvement and reducing the risk of falling. Various studies used different types of measurement to assess falling and the risk of falling. Despite the limitations of the studies, the results from the studies demonstrated a positive trend in improving the balance of older people and decreasing the risk of falling. In conclusion, it is evident that VBF significantly improved the balance of the elderly, so further research should be conducted to investigate the type, frequency and duration of VBF and assess the short and long-term effects of using VBF intervention in balance to reduce the incidence of falling.

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Abdullah Abbas Tobaigy and Mansour Abdullah Alshehri. (2017); DOSE THE USE OF VISUAL BIOFEEDBACK IN ELDERLY BALANCE TRAINING MINIMISE THEIR INCIDENCE OF FALLING?, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (12), 1016-1020, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6050

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Mansour Abdullah Alshehri

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