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Robert G. Cumming
Researcher at University of Sydney
Publications - 524
Citations - 42107
Robert G. Cumming is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 515 publications receiving 38309 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert G. Cumming include University of New South Wales & Neuroscience Research Australia.
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Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community (Review)
Lesley D Gillespie,M. Clare Robertson,William J. Gillespie,Sarah E Lamb,Simon Gates,Robert G. Cumming,Brian H. Rowe +6 more
TL;DR: Exercise interventions reduce risk and rate of falls, and home safety interventions did not reduce falls, but were effective in people with severe visual impairment, and in others at higher risk of falling.
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Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people
Lesley D Gillespie,William J Gillespie,Mary Clare Robertson,Sarah E Lamb,Robert G. Cumming,Brian H. Rowe +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of interventions designed to reduce the incidence of falls in elderly people (living in the community, or in institutional or hospital care) were assessed using the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register.
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Effective Exercise for the Prevention of Falls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Catherine Sherrington,Julie Whitney,Stephen R. Lord,Robert D. Herbert,Robert G. Cumming,Jacqueline C. T. Close +5 more
TL;DR: The effects of exercise on falls prevention in older people and whether particular trial characteristics or components of exercise programs are associated with larger reductions in falls are investigated.
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Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs
TL;DR: To evaluate critically the evidence linking psychotropic drugs with falls in older people, a large number of studies have found no link between these drugs and falls in adults over the age of 65.
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Prospective Study of the Impact of Fear of Falling on Activities of Daily Living, SF-36 Scores, and Nursing Home Admission
TL;DR: Fear of falling has serious consequences for older people and interventions that successfully reduce fear of falling and improve fall-related self-efficacy are likely to have major health benefits.