Strength and balance training for adults with peripheral neuropathy and high risk of fall: current evidence and implications for future research.

نویسندگان

  • Cindy Tofthagen
  • Constance Visovsky
  • Donna L Berry
چکیده

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence for strength- and balance-training programs in patients at high risk for falls, discuss how results of existing studies might guide clinical practice, and discuss directions for additional research. DATA SOURCES A search of PubMed and CINAHL® databases was conducted in June 2011 using the terms strength, balance training, falls, elderly, and neuropathy. Only clinical trials conducted using specific strength- or balance-training exercises that included community-dwelling adults and examined falls, fall risk, balance, and/or strength as outcome measures were included in this review. DATA SYNTHESIS One matched case-control study and two randomized, controlled studies evaluating strength and balance training in patients with diabetes-related peripheral neuropathy were identified. Eleven studies evaluating strength and balance programs in community-dwelling adults at high risk for falls were identified. CONCLUSIONS The findings from the reviewed studies provide substantial evidence to support the use of strength and balance training for older adults at risk for falls, and detail early evidence to support strength and balance training for individuals with peripheral neuropathy. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING The evidence demonstrates that strength and balance training is safe and effective at reducing falls and improving lower extremity strength and balance in adults aged 50 years and older at high risk for falls, including patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Future studies should evaluate the effects of strength and balance training in patients with cancer, particularly individuals with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Oncology nursing forum

دوره 39 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012