Objective: To investigate the effect of Romberg Exercise on balance improvement in elderly persons, 70 elderly persons with the history of two or more falling during recent 3 months were selected from Kahrizak nursing home in Tehran (38 as cases and 32 as controls).Materials & Methods: Romberg Exercise was done in case group every day (45 minute per day and one time each day) for 3 months. Among all persons, 28 persons in case group and 21 persons in control group were followed for 6 months and incidence and frequency of falling were assessed during this time.Results: The Incidence of one or more falling in case and control groups was 31.3% and 47.6% in men and 57.9% and 27.3% in women, respectively. We found no significant relation between gender and the incidence of falling (P=0.460). Also, no significant relation was found between age and incidence (P=0.554) and frequency of falling (P=0.144) in elderly persons.Conclusion: Although the effect of Romberg Exercise on improvement of balance disturbance and falling was not demonstrated, it needs additional studies with larger sample size and longer follow-up.

Dear editor, COVID-19 outbreak around the world raises concerns about patientmanagement, particularly in the critical care setting (1, 2). Conventionally, bed rest had been suggested for patients following flu-like syndromes, and therefore, this concept could be applied for covid-19 infection. Accordingly, one might have hypothesized that bed rest could be beneficial for COVID-19 patients, particularly in the acute phase. Our experiences at the bedside showed some findings in this regard because we observed that the patient’ s condition had deteriorated and oxygenation level decreased soon after moderate activity. In the symptomatic phase, the patients might take advantage of short periods of bed rest. It seems that Exercise would have mental and physical advantages for patients in the first days of infection (3)....