Falls Reduction and Exercise Training in an Assisted Living Population

Table 1

Exercise participation in relation to fall status.

Characteristic	Fall history (n = 13)		No fall history (n = 26)		P for trend
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
Fitness program participation, days	588.8 ± 648.4	1–1,834	886.7 ± 977.2	1–2,954	0.1389
Aerobic training
Total aerobic training sessions	130.7 ± 190.6	1–567	231.2 ± 267.4	0–859	0.2201
Aerobic training minutes per week	20.0 ± 15.6	0–52	26.3 ± 14.4	0–49	0.7101
Strength training
Total strength training sessions	81.5 ± 158.6	0–513	163.4 ± 248.5	0–831	0.1065
Strength training sessions per week	0.5 ± 0.2	0–2	1.5 ± 1.6	0–7	0.0054

Results from -test comparing means for fall history and no fall history groups.