Connecting with traumatic injuries. Approximately 30% of individuals over 65 years of age fall each year; Of them, 5% have major injuries such as fractures, 2% require hospitalization and of these only 50% survive one year after the fall. These figures refer to the elderly who live in the community. Regarding the elderly who live institutionalized, the figures are more important: 50% of them fall each year, resulting in 10 to 25% of fractures or major injuries as a consequence. Thus, the popular idea of serious deterioration and more than possible death of an elderly person after a serious fall is quite accurate.
The series of events that appear to be associated with a large number of diseases, injuries and ailments are 1) loss of muscle mass, 2) leading to a reduction in metabolic rate, 3) followed by an increase in fat that places almost 80% of men and 70% of women aged 60 and over in the undesirable categories of overweight or obesity https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-021-00321-x (2021) https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss14/61/ (2022) The optimal exercise modality for preventing falls in older adults has been defined as activity that improves balance and resistance training of the lower extremities.
Connecting with traumatic injuries. Approximately 30% of individuals over 65 years of age fall each year; Of them, 5% have major injuries such as fractures, 2% require hospitalization and of these only 50% survive one year after the fall. These figures refer to the elderly who live in the community. Regarding the elderly who live institutionalized, the figures are more important: 50% of them fall each year, resulting in 10 to 25% of fractures or major injuries as a consequence. Thus, the popular idea of serious deterioration and more than possible death of an elderly person after a serious fall is quite accurate.
The series of events that appear to be associated with a large number of diseases, injuries and ailments are 1) loss of muscle mass, 2) leading to a reduction in metabolic rate, 3) followed by an increase in fat that places almost 80% of men and 70% of women aged 60 and over in the undesirable categories of overweight or obesity https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-021-00321-x (2021) https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss14/61/ (2022) The optimal exercise modality for preventing falls in older adults has been defined as activity that improves balance and resistance training of the lower extremities.
However, the number of older people who routinely perform strength training remains low, less than 10% and lower for activities that challenge balance. Those people over 70 who participate in balance and resistance training are much more likely to be healthy and functionally capable than those who do not. https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.E4547 (2012) https://www.salud.mapfre.es/salud-familiar/mayores/enfermedades-mayores/perdida-de-equilbrio-y-caidas/ https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e048395.abstract (2021)