We spoke numerous times of high and serious impact on health. Nowadays we take the argument to give you one more purpose to manage the blood pressure. A learn published in the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, originated that the pressure is too high can cause loss of balance in elderly and therefore a greater propensity to falls. Disorders march after age 60 is very frequent and the elderly who fall are forced to turn to first aid and to submit to rehabilitative therapy for months. In extreme cases can lead to a fall death.

In special, it is expected that between sixty, 80% of patients can walk generally. The percentage, however, it changes dramatically with each passing year, reaching 18% of people who have passed the threshold of 85 years. This is a especially perceptive age where the risk of falling by arranging damage to bones increases dramatically.

The learn published on Neurology, explored two years for a sample of 400 people over 50 years, undergoing distinct tests for measuring cerebral blood flow. Were also recognized significant factors such as degree of motor abilities the March and blood pressure. It ‘showed that the elderly with a response of cerebral blood flow slower had a higher blood pressure and were more exposed to falls.

Dr. Farzaneh Sorondo Department of Neurology, who led the investigation, said that the results obtained “Show that there could be a new strategy for the prevention of falls, based on physical exercise and manage of high blood pressure, since this affects the cerebral blood flow and can cause falls”.