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Falls in older people: risk factors and strategies for prevention.
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A physiological profile approach to falls risk assessment and prevention and strategies for prevention - from research into practice are put into practice.About:
The article was published on 2007-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 747 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Epidemiology & Randomized controlled trial.read more
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Sensitivity and false alarm rate of a fall sensor in long-term fall detection in the elderly
TL;DR: Evaluating the long-term fall detection sensitivity and false alarm rate of a fall detection prototype in real-life use suggests that automatic accelerometric fall detection systems might offer a tool for improving safety among older people.
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Risk Factors for Falls in Community-dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Silvia Deandrea,Ersilia Lucenteforte,Francesca Bravi,Roberto Foschi,Carlo La Vecchia,Eva Negri +5 more
TL;DR: This meta-analysis provides comprehensive evidence-based assessment of risk factors for falls in older people, confirming their multifactorial etiology and finding some nonspecific indicators of high baseline risk were also strong predictors of the risk of falling.
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Evaluation of a threshold-based tri-axial accelerometer fall detection algorithm.
TL;DR: Using simulated falls performed under supervised conditions and activities of daily living performed by elderly subjects, the ability to discriminate between falls and ADL was investigated using tri-axial accelerometer sensors, mounted on the trunk and thigh.
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Community‐based group exercise improves balance and reduces falls in at‐risk older people: a randomised controlled trial
TL;DR: Findings indicate that participation in a weekly group exercise programme with ancillary home exercises can improve balance and reduce the rate of falling in at-risk community dwelling older people.
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Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: An updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations
Catherine Sherrington,Catherine Sherrington,Anne Tiedemann,Anne Tiedemann,Nicola Fairhall,Nicola Fairhall,Jacqueline C. T. Close,Stephen R. Lord +7 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that exercise as a single intervention can prevent falls and recommended that exercise for falls prevention should provide a moderate or high challenge to balance and be undertaken for at least 2 hours per week on an ongoing basis.
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The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons
TL;DR: This study evaluated a modified, timed version of the “Get‐Up and Go” Test (Mathias et al, 1986) in 60 patients referred to a Geriatric Day Hospital and suggested that the timed “Up & Go’ test is a reliable and valid test for quantifying functional mobility that may also be useful in following clinical change over time.
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Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine
Russell R. Pate,Michael Pratt,Steven N. Blair,William L. Haskell,Caroline A. Macera,Claude Bouchard,David Buchner,Walter H. Ettinger,Gregory W. Heath,Abby C. King,Andrea M. Kriska,Arther S. Leon,Bess H. Marcus,Jeremy N. Morris,Ralph S. Paffenbarger,Kevin Patrick,Michael L. Pollock,James Rippe,James F. Sallis,Jack H. Wilmore +19 more
TL;DR: Every US adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week.
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A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.
Jack M. Guralnik,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Luigi Ferrucci,Robert J. Glynn,Lisa F. Berkman,Dan G. Blazer,Paul A. Scherr,Robert B. Wallace +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that performance measures can validly characterize older persons across a broad spectrum of lower extremity function and that performance and self-report measures may complement each other in providing useful information about functional status.
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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.