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Kim Delbaere

Researcher at Neuroscience Research Australia

Publications -  208
Citations -  10484

Kim Delbaere is an academic researcher from Neuroscience Research Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Fear of falling. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 187 publications receiving 8413 citations. Previous affiliations of Kim Delbaere include Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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Cut-off for the Life-Space Assessment in persons with cognitive impairment.

Phoebe Ullrich, +10 more
- 01 Sep 2019 - 
TL;DR: Diagnostic interpretation of the ROC curves revealed that low and high LSM groups can be differentiated with the proposed cut-off, and can be recommended to tailor clinical interventions and evaluate change over time.
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Translation and validation study of the Chinese version Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale-Short Version (Icon-FES).

Polly P. W. Chan, +10 more
- 01 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: The Chinese Icon-FES is a valid, efficient and easy-to-use instrument for understanding of local Chinese older people's concerns about falling in Hong Kong.
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Rapid Inhibition Accuracy and Leg Strength Are Required for Community-Dwelling Older People to Recover Balance From Induced Trips and Slips: An Experimental Prospective Study.

Yoshiro Okubo, +6 more
- 26 Jul 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the specific sensorimotor and psychological factors required for older adults to recover balance from trips and slips, and suggest rapid inhibition accuracy and adequate leg strength are required for recovering balance.
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Falls Prevention Interventions

Kim Delbaere, +2 more
TL;DR: Effective interventions for reducing falls include exercise, multifactorial interventions, enhanced podiatry intervention, home safety occupational therapy interventions, medication review, expedited cataract extraction and vitamin D supplementation in people with low levels of Vitamin D.
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Inaccurate judgement of reach is associated with slow reaction time, poor balance, impaired executive function and predicts prospective falls in older people with cognitive impairment

Morag E. Taylor, +8 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
TL;DR: Inaccurate reach judgement predicts future falls and is associated with poorer global cognitive performance and executive function, increased concern about falling, slower reaction time and poorer balance.