THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Preventing falls in older age could be as fun as dancing them away, new research shows.
Researchers found a 31% reduction in falls and a 37% reduction in fall risk for those aged 65 and older when reviewing clinical trials on "dance-based mind-motor activities" from around the world.
"We were positively surprised by the consistency of our results," said study author Michèle Mattle, a movement scientist and doctoral candidate at the University of Zurich, in Switzerland.