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The purpose of this study was to investigate the 12weeks exercise program for balance strategy and reaction time development in old adults. Twenty intervention group(male 10, female 10) and twenty control group(male 10, female 10) were participated in the study. All participants completed standard protocols on the balance strategy, Motor Control Test(MOT-reaction time) of the NeuroCom Equitest. The effect of physical activity was significant on balance strategy score of the condition 5 (absent vision, sway-referenced support), condition 6(sway-referenced vision, sway-referenced support), and effect of exercise, group and coefficient were significant on the condition 5. On reaction time in the automatic postural response measured in reaction time test the effect of exercise program was significant in the SB(small backward), SF(small forward) translation, and, group effect in MF(medium forward). The effect of physical activity was the tendency of shorter reaction time were found in intervention group than control group. It was suggested that the exercise program developed the function of the role of the combination of physical fitness and sensory systems in maintaining postural balance to surrounding stimulus, and presented shorter reaction time in automatic postural response.