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Kia āta kōwhiri Choosing Wisely

The Choosing Wisely campaign seeks to reduce harm from unnecessary and low-value tests and treatment.


Topic 9 explains how exercise helps to prevent falls in older people, in particular how:

  • certain types of exercise programme are effective in reducing the number of older people who have a fall and the number of falls that older people have 
  • exercises designed to improve older people’s balance and increase their strength help reduce the risk that they will fall.


Published: 27 Oct 2021 Modified: 3 Jun 2022