Otago exercise program: recommended for all older adults or not?

Jolan Dupont^{1

2}, Lenore Dedeyne³, Sebastiaan Dalle⁴, Laura Vercauteren³, Eva Wauters³, Katrien Koppo⁴, Evelien Gielen^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Jolan.dupont@uzleuven.be.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. Jolan.dupont@uzleuven.be.
³ Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.

Comment

Jolan Dupont et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;12(3):665-666.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00483-7. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Jolan Dupont^{1

2}, Lenore Dedeyne³, Sebastiaan Dalle⁴, Laura Vercauteren³, Eva Wauters³, Katrien Koppo⁴, Evelien Gielen^{3

5}

¹ Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Jolan.dupont@uzleuven.be.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. Jolan.dupont@uzleuven.be.
³ Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Exercise Physiology Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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