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Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial (2016)
Journal Article
Gawler, S., Skelton, D. A., Dinan-Young, S., Masud, T., Morris, R. W., Griffin, M., …Iliffe, S. (2016). Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.019

Background: Falls are common in the older UK population and associated costs to the NHS are high. Systematic reviews suggest that home exercise and group-based exercise interventions, which focus on progressively challenging balance and increasing st... Read More about Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial.

“Keeping Moving”: factors associated with sedentary behaviour among older people recruited to an exercise promotion trial in general practice (2015)
Journal Article
Heseltine, R., Skelton, D., Kendrick, D., Morris, R., Griffin, M., Haworth, D., …Iliffe, S. (2015). “Keeping Moving”: factors associated with sedentary behaviour among older people recruited to an exercise promotion trial in general practice. BMC Family Practice, 16(67), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0284-z

Background Sedentary behaviour is detrimental to health, even in those who achieve recommended levels of physical activity. Efforts to increase physical activity in older people so that they reach beneficial levels have been disappointing. Reducin... Read More about “Keeping Moving”: factors associated with sedentary behaviour among older people recruited to an exercise promotion trial in general practice.

Multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a community group exercise programme with home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care (2014)
Journal Article
Iliffe, S., Kendrick, D., Morris, R., Masud, T., Gage, H., Skelton, D., …Belcher, C. (2014). Multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a community group exercise programme with home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care. Health Technology Assessment, 18(49), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18490

Background: Regular physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of falls and hip fractures, and mortality from all causes. However, PA levels are low in the older population and previous intervention studies have demonstrated only modest, short-term impr... Read More about Multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a community group exercise programme with home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care.