The quasi-experimental study involved two groups of community-dwelling older adults, over the age of 65 years, with no known neurologic diagnoses and a self- reported history of two or more falls in the previous 6 months. Subjects involved in the exercise program were selected from among the first 101 patients referred by their physicians to the Safety and Gait Enhancement Program (a fall-intervention program for older adults) of Northwest Hospital (Seattle, Wash) who met the study criteria and agreed to participate. Seventeen participants (14%) in the exercise program dropped out within the first 3 weeks; therefore, the number of exercisers
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