Journal ArticleDOI
Falls, aging, and disability.
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This article summarizes and compares (1) fall prevalence rates, (2) fall risk factors, (3) consequences of falls, and current knowledge about fall prevention interventions between community-dwelling older adults and people aging with physical disability.About:
This article is published in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2010-05-01. It has received 145 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fall prevention & Injury prevention.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Review of fall risk assessment in geriatric populations using inertial sensors
TL;DR: Inertial sensors are promising sensors for fall risk assessment and future studies should identify fallers using prospective techniques and focus on determining the most promising sensor sites, in conjunction with determination of optimally predictive variables.
Journal ArticleDOI
Psychotropic drug use and the risk of hip fracture
TL;DR: In this paper, a case-control study of 1021 patients with hip fracture and 5606 controls among elderly Medicaid enrollees was carried out to assess the risk of hip fracture associated with the use of four classes of psychotropic drugs.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mobility, Balance, and Falls in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Jacob J. Sosnoff,Michael J. Socie,Morgan K. Boes,Brian M. Sandroff,John H. Pula,Yoojin Suh,Madeline Weikert,Swathi Balantrapu,Shannon Morrison,Robert W. Motl +9 more
TL;DR: The current observations suggest that PwMS who are older, more disabled, utilize an assistive device, have decreased walking coordination and endurance and have diminished balance have fallen in the previous year.
Journal ArticleDOI
Identification of Risk Factors for Falls in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: There is limited evidence of the factors associated with fall risk in people with MS, and meta-analysis demonstrated an increase in fall risk associated with impairments of balance and cognition, progressiveMS, and use of a mobility aid.
Journal ArticleDOI
An Analysis on Sensor Locations of the Human Body for Wearable Fall Detection Devices: Principles and Practice.
TL;DR: The waist region is found to be the most suitable location for sensor placement on the body with 99.96% fall detection sensitivity by using the k-NN classifier, whereas the best sensitivity achieved by the wrist sensor is 97.37%, despite this location being highly preferred for today’s wearable applications.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community.
TL;DR: It is concluded that falls among older persons living in the community are common and that a simple clinical assessment can identify the elderly persons who are at the greatest risk of falling.
Journal ArticleDOI
Healthy People 2010.
TL;DR: These objectives and their associated baseline data and targets for the year 2010 are presented and members of the MCH community are encouraged to review and comment on these objectives during the public comment period.
Journal ArticleDOI
Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health
Michelle Campbell,Ray Fitzpatrick,Andy Haines,Ann Louise Kinmonth,Peter Sandercock,David Spiegelhalter,Peter Tyrer +6 more
TL;DR: The design and execution of research required to address the additional problems resulting from evaluation of complex interventions, those “made up of various interconnecting parts,” are examined.
Journal ArticleDOI
Improving Chronic Illness Care: Translating Evidence Into Action
TL;DR: The CCM is described, its use in intensive quality improvement activities with more than 100 health care organizations, and insights gained in the process are described, to guide quality improvement.
Journal ArticleDOI
Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
Lesley D Gillespie,Mary Clare Robertson,William J Gillespie,Catherine Sherrington,Simon Gates,Lindy Clemson,Sarah E Lamb +6 more
TL;DR: These interventions were more effective in people at higher risk of falling, including those with severe visual impairment, and home safety interventions appear to be more effective when delivered by an occupational therapist.