Exploring balance challenge in fall prevention community exercise programs for older adults across Canada: A cross-sectional electronic survey of instructor perceptions.

Alison M Bulow, Alexie J Touchette, Alison R Oates, Kathryn M Sibley

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Peer Exercise Leaders Can Accurately and Reliably Rate Intensity of Older Adult Exercisers With the Balance Intensity Scale: A Prospective Cohort Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026
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Alison M BulowDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Alexie J TouchetteDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Alison R OatesCollege of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Kathryn M SibleyDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

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Background: Exercise that challenges balance helps reduce falls in older people. Evaluating the intensity of balance challenge is difficult and no validated measures exist for group settings. Objective: To examine how instructors determine and perceive balance challenge at the program level, and explore relationships between estimates of program-level balance challenge. Design: Cross-sectional self-report study. Setting: Electronic survey questionnaire approach. Participants: Instructors of Canadian group exercise programs targeting community-dwelling older adults. Measurements: Instructors perceived program-level balance challenge and estimates of program-level balance challenge. Results: Most instructors ( Conclusions: Findings suggest a misalignment between instructor perception and estimates of balance challenge at the program level. Further investigations of methods to assess balance challenge are warranted.

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Balance intensityCommunity exerciseFall preventionFITT principlesOlder adults

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PMID41399761

DOI10.1016/j.jarlif.2025.100046

PMCPMC12702340

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