Vol. 11, Issue 10, Part C (2025)
Effect of egoscue exercises on fear of fall and instrumental activities of daily living in community dwelling elders
Effect of egoscue exercises on fear of fall and instrumental activities of daily living in community dwelling elders
Author(s)
Nupur Shah and Shikha Paasi
AbstractBackground: Elderly people’s fear of falling may lead to undue care, motor limitations and deficiency of autonomy, which cause their motor skills to deteriorate. Analysing the ability of the elderly person’s health to participate in daily life activities is a way of assessing their health status. Participating in daily activities promotes independence, health, social participation and achievements. Thus, it’s critical to make an effort and make plans to uphold and advance the daily living activities of the elderly. Many interventions have been shown to reduce pain, to reduce fear of fall and to strengthen muscles, but there is paucity of research done to understand the effect of Egoscue exercises on fear of fall and activities of daily living in community dwelling elders. Our study aims at determining the effect of Egoscue exercises on fear of fall and Instrumental activities of daily living in community dwelling elders.
Methods: 30 subjects aged 65-75 years with fear of fall were assessed and treated with the egoscue exercise. Outcome measures used were Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) and Lawton Broady Scale (LBS) that was measured pre and post intervention.
Results: Statistical analysis showed that statistical significance (p<0.001) was seen in Fall efficacy scale and also in Lawton Brody Instrumental activities of daily living with effect size of 1 and -1 respectively.
Conclusion: Fear of fall was significantly decreased and ability to perform Instrumental activities of daily living was improved in the geriatric age group after 4 weeks of performing Egoscue exercise.
How to cite this article:
Nupur Shah, Shikha Paasi. Effect of egoscue exercises on fear of fall and instrumental activities of daily living in community dwelling elders. Int J Appl Res 2025;11(10):163-166. DOI:
10.22271/allresearch.2025.v11.i10c.12934