All but one study (
Sato 2005a
) included both men and women.
Sato 2005a
included only women who had suffered a stroke.
Five studies (
Dean 2010
:
Dean 2012
;
Green 2002
;
Lau 2012
;
Marigold 2005
) evaluated the effect of exercises on falls.
Dean
2010
compared treadmill with overground walking.
Dean 2012
investigatedthe
WEBB
programme involvingtask-relatedtraining
with progressive balance and strengthening exercises as well
as
walking and stair climbing in comparison with an exercise class f
or
the upper limb.
Green 2002
compared community physiotherapy
with no intervention.
Lau 2012
examined whole-body vibration
in comparison with the same exercises without vibration.
Marigold
2005
comparedagilitytrainingwith stretchingandweight-shiftin
g
exercises.
Two studies investigated the effect of medication on falls;
Sato
2005a
compared vitamin D with placebo and
Sato 2011
compared
alendronate with alphacalcidol.
Haran 2010
examined the effect
of single lens distance vision glasses instead of multifocal g
lasses,