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OBJECTIVE: To use Nintendo's Wii Fit balance board to determine the effectiveness
of exergaming training in reducing risk and incidence of falls in older adults
with a history of falls. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Nursing
home for older adults. PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged 65 years and older (N=60).
INTERVENTIONS: Participants who lived in a nursing home had 6 weeks of balance
training with either Wii Fit equipment or conventional exercise. MAIN OUTCOME
MEASURES: Physiological Profile Assessment scores and incidence of falls were
observed with subsequent intention-to-treat statistical analyses. RESULTS:
Physiological Profile Assessment scores and incidence of falls improved
significantly in both groups after the intervention (all P<.01), but participants
in the Wii Fit training group showed a significantly greater improvement in both
outcome measures (P=.004 and P<.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: In
institutionalized older adults with a history of falls, Wii Fit balance training
was more effective than conventional balance training in reducing the risk and
incidence of falls.
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