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Risk factors for falls among older adults: a review of the literature.
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The major risk factors identified are impaired balance and gait, polypharmacy, and history of previous falls, which include advancing age, female gender, visual impairments, cognitive decline especially attention and executive dysfunction, and environmental factors.About:
This article is published in Maturitas.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 1209 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Falls in older adults & Indirect costs.read more
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Does pride really come before a fall? Longitudinal analysis of older English adults
TL;DR: It is suggested that pride may actually be a protective factor against falling in older adults and future studies may seek to investigate the mechanisms underpinning this relation.
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Reliance on the visual frame of reference in ageing across different sensorimotor tasks : from perception to walking
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the influence of ground optic flow on the control of walking and head stabilisation in the context of aging and found an association between greater visual field dependence and reduced reliance on the egocentric FoR, parallel attentional visual processing ability, and visual fixation stability.
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Intrinsic capacity rather than intervention exposure influences reversal to robustness among prefrail community-dwelling older adults: A non-randomized controlled study of a multidomain exercise and nutrition intervention
TL;DR: Focusing only on the locomotion and vitality domains through a combined exercise and nutritional intervention may not adequately address component domain losses to optimize prefrailty reversal.
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Muscle Strength, Physical Fitness, Balance, and Walking Ability at Risk of Fall for Prefrail Older People
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the relationship of older adults' demographic information, physiological indices, and stages of frailty with their risk of falling and found that older adults using long-term medication were at lower risk of fall, and the greater the hand grip strength was, the lower the fall risk was.
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The Impact of Fear of Falling on Functional Independence Among Older Adults Receiving Home Health Services
TL;DR: Examination of the correlation between a fear of falling and a history of falls, as well as the impact on the functional independence of community-dwelling older adults receiving home health services, found a moderate correlation between impaired functional mobility and dependence with activities of daily living.
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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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Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults.
Maria Kleinstäuber,Michael Witthöft,Andrés Steffanowski,Harm W.J. van Marwijk,Wolfgang Hiller,Michael J. Lambert +5 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled studies examined the efficacy and tolerability of different types of antidepressants, the combination of an antidepressant and an antipsychotic, antipsychotics alone, or natural products in adults with somatoform disorders in adults to improve optimal treatment decisions.
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Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults.
TL;DR: Two studies show SU leading to earlier insulin dependence and a meta-analysis of four studies with considerable heterogeneity showed poorer metabolic control if SU is prescribed for patients with LADA compared to insulin.
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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.
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Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients
TL;DR: A practical performance-oriented assessment of mobility is described that incorporates useful features of both approaches and the recommended evaluation centers on the more effective use of readily (and frequently) obtained clinical data.