Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Balance and Decrease Falls in the Elderly (EWii)

Participants complete 2 sessions per week for 30 minutes each, over a period of three months and are distributed in groups of four individuals carrying out the exercises at once.The groups were led by monitors who had received standardized training. Each participant was barefoot on the balance board, carrying out the different exercises in the balance area of the Wii Fit™ game, according to the indications made on the screen.Eight out of the nine balance exercises were used from the Wii Fit™ game (balance bubble, soccer heading, ski jump, table tilt, ski slalom, penguin slide, snowboard slalom, tightrope walk);.The number of repetitions of each exercise varied depending on the skill of the participants but the total time dedicated to each exercise was the same for all group participants.