
Fall prevention

- More than 1 fall in a year period
- Greater risk in adults greater than 65 years of age
- Weakness in lower extremities
- Poor balance
- Inability to single leg balance for 1 minute without reaching for support

- Lower extremity muscle weakness
- Occupations at elevated heights or other hazardous working conditions
- Alcohol or substance use
- Socioeconomic factors including poverty, overcrowded housing, sole parenthood, young maternal age
- Underlying medical conditions, such as neurological, cardiac or other disabling conditions
- Side effects of medication, physical inactivity and loss of balance, particularly among older people
- Poor mobility, cognition, and vision, particularly among those living in an institution, such as a nursing home or chronic care facility
- Unsafe environments, particularly for those with poor balance and limited vision

- Lower extremity strengthening exercises
- Balance program
- Lower extremity stretching
- Muscle endurance training
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