Author(s): Pragati Subhash Kale, Nikhil Patil, Jaywant Nagulkar, Amar Prakash
Aim: To study the effect of short foot exercise on fall prevention in elderly community dwelling individuals.
Methodology and analysis: A experimental study was conducted among 26 elderly community dwelling individuals above 60 years of age. Elderly with lower limb fracture, ankle trauma, vestibular impairments, visual impairments, severe neurological impairments, foot ulcers, CVS, respiratory conditions, psychological disorders, any surgery of the lower limb in past were excluded. Risk of fall was assessed using time up and go test, fall efficacy scale.
Result: Normality of the data was calculated by Kolmogorov and Smirnov test, based on normality of the data p value obtained was less than 0.05.
Conclusion: We found that 4 weeks of Short Foot Exercise (SFE) program was effective in reducing risk of fall and fear of fall among community dwelling elderly individuals.
