Conclusion Plyometric training is a feasible and safe training option with potential for improving various performance , functional , and health-related outcomes in older persons
Background The aging process is associated with a progressive decline of neuromuscular function , increased risk of falls and fractures , impaired functional performance , and loss of independence .
Plyometric training may mitigate or even reverse such age-related deterioration ; however , little research on the effects of plyometric exercises has been performed in older adults .
Objective The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of plyometric training in older adults .
Combined resistance and balance-jumping exercise reduces older women's injurious falls and fractures: 5-year follow-up study.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE previously , a r and omised controlled exercise intervention study ( RCT ) showed that combined resistance and balance-jumping training ( COMB ) improved physical functioning and bone strength . The purpose of this follow-up study was to assess whether this exercise intervention had long-lasting effects in reducing  injurious falls and fractures . DESIGN five-year health-care register-based follow-up study after a 1-year , four-arm RCT . SETTING community-dwelling older women in Finl and . SUBJECTS one hundred and forty-five of the original 149 RCT participants ; women aged 70 - 78 years at the beginning . METHODS participants ' health-care visits were collected from computerised patient register . An injurious fall was defined as an event in which the subject contacted the health-care professionals or was taken to a hospital , due to a fall . The rate of injured fallers was assessed by Cox proportional hazards model ( hazard ratio , HR ) , and the rate of injurious falls and fractures by Poisson regression ( risk ratio , RR ) . RESULTS eighty-one injurious falls including 26 fractures occurred during the follow-up . The rate of injured fallers was 62 % lower in COMB group compared with the controls ( HR 0.38 , 95 % CI 0.17 to 0.85 ) . In addition , COMB group had 51 % less injurious falls ( RR 0.49 , 95 % CI 0.25 to 0.98 ) and 74 % less fractures ( RR 0.26 , 95 % CI 0.07 to 0.97 ) . CONCLUSIONS home-dwelling older women who participated in a 12-month intensive multi-component exercise training showed a reduced incidence for injurious falls during 5-year post-intervention period . Reduction in fractures was also evident . These long-term effects need to be confirmed in future studies
Conclusion Plyometric training is a feasible and safe training option with potential for improving various performance , functional , and health-related outcomes in older persons
Background The aging process is associated with a progressive decline of neuromuscular function , increased risk of falls and fractures , impaired functional performance , and loss of independence .
Plyometric training may mitigate or even reverse such age-related deterioration ; however , little research on the effects of plyometric exercises has been performed in older adults .
Objective The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of plyometric training in older adults .