Article – Sit Fit – East Anglian Daily Times 2009
This article describes the successes of CBE classes in East Anglia. Click here to view.
Research – CBE leaders in falls prevention service – Allen 1999
This paper by Allen et al, in Physiotherapy, describes the use of CBE leaders within a falls prevention service. Click here to read.
CBE leaders within Falls Services – Weymouth and Portland 2004
This article, in Nursing Older People, describes the falls services in Weymouth and Portland and the use of CBE leaders within that service. To view the article, click here.
Evaluation of CBE training – Northern Ireland HPA HSC 2002
Physical activity trainers from the four Health and Social Services Boards participated in a pilot of the Leicester College Chair-based Exercise Leadership course (the LLT CBE course). The evaluation that follows is a summary of their feedback from the two day training course, which took place on 11 and 12 June 2002. Participants were assessed…
Research – Strength, flexibility and stamina training – Skelton 1996
Dawn Skelton, in 1996, published a paper in Physiotherapy describing a 12 week controlled trial of seated strength, flexibility and stamina training with women aged 75 and over with multiple conditions and co-morbidities. The results were astounding. The programme, designed with Susie Dinan, forms the main exercises in the LLT Chair Based Exercise Leaders course.…
Research – Strength Training Older People – Skelton – JAGS 1995
Dawn Skelton, in 1995, published (in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) the results of a 12 week randomised controlled trial of seated strength training in women aged 75 and over. The effect was a rejuventation of some 20 years of lost strength just by taking part in strengthening exercises with therabands three times a…
General CBE Evidence Base
This document has the main published references with the evidence base behind improvements in function and quality of life following regular chair based exercise in frailer older people. Click here to download.
Keep Fit Association
The Keep Fit Association is a long-established body – from 1956 – dedicated to the provision of safe and effective exercise, movement and dance. All KFA movement is based on Rudolph Laban’s principles. Known as the father of modern European dance, he devised a clear and concise movement language that gives teachers the tools to…