Literature Review: Efforts To Increase Body Balance To Reduce Risk Of Falling in Elderly

Imbalance is one of the factors of falling in older population. Therefore, efforts to improve the balance in older people should be sustained. This was a literature review with objectives to explore articles that identify efforts to improve balance to reduce the risk of falling in older people. Literature search used two databases i.e. Google Scholar and PubMed. Keywords used were efforts to improve balance, risk of falls, and older people or elderly. Inclusion criteria included articles published from 2007 to 2017, primary articles, English and Indonesian articles, full text, and involving older people as research subjects. Of 237 articles identified using the word search, six articles were reviewed. The themes that arised from the review consisted of various efforts to improve balance on older people included the tandem path, Swiss Ball exercises, physical exercise and Hatha yoga. Based on the results of this article review, further research is needed to examine the effectiveness of each of these efforts in reducing the risk of falls in the older people.