BETA Study: Improving Balance Function in Elderly by Progressive and Specific Training and Physical Activity

Inclusion Criteria

• •Osteoporosis: To be included the candidate must: be \>65 years with osteoporosis objectively verified by Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in the hip and lumbar back,be an independent ambulator, have experienced at least one fall in the last 12 months and have an adequate medical treatment for their osteoporosis.
• •Parkinson's disease: All PD subjects will have a clinical diagnosis of -idiopathic‖ PD (Hoehn \&Yahr scores 2-3), \> 60 years of age and no other existing neuromuscular disorders, including severely flexed posture. In addition, the subjects will have no history suggesting -atypical‖ PD symptoms.