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Exergame and cognitive training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomized controlled trial
Exergame training, in which video games are used to promote exercise, can be tailored to address cognitive and physical risk factors for falls and is a promising method for fall prevention in older people. Her...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Development and large-scale validation of the Watch Walk wrist-worn digital gait biomarkers
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Open AccessDevelopment and large-scale validation of the Watch Walk wrist-worn digital gait biomarkers
Digital gait biomarkers (including walking speed) indicate functional decline and predict hospitalization and mortality. However, waist or lower-limb devices often used are not designed for continuous life-lon...
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Open AccessFactors associated with reporting of the Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFaNE) core outcome set domains in randomized trials on falls in older people: a citation analysis and correlational study
Core outcome sets are advocated as a means to standardize outcome reporting across randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and reduce selective outcome reporting. In 2005, the Prevention of Falls Network Europe (P...
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Open AccessPain, balance, and mobility in people 1 year after total knee arthroplasty: a non-randomized cross-sectional pilot study contrasting posterior-stabilized and medial-pivot designs
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common treatment for severe knee osteoarthritis. Medial-pivot TKA systems (MP-TKA) are theoretically better than posterior-stabilized TKA systems (PS-TKA) in improving static...
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Open AccessThe use and predictive performance of the Peninsula Health Falls Risk Assessment Tool (PH-FRAT) in 25 residential aged care facilities: a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data
The Peninsula Health Falls Risk Assessment Tool (PH-FRAT) is a validated and widely applied tool in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Australia. However, research regarding its use and predictive per...
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Open AccessThe use of predictive fall models for older adults receiving aged care, using routinely collected electronic health record data: a systematic review
Falls in older adults remain a pressing health concern. With advancements in data analytics and increasing uptake of electronic health records, develo** comprehensive predictive models for fall risk is now p...
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Open AccessAcceptability and feasibility of a community-based strength, balance, and Tai Chi rehabilitation program in improving physical function and balance of patients after total knee arthroplasty: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
The rate of falls in patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is high and related to lower limb muscle weakness and poor balance control. However, since routine post-TKA rehabilitation is uncommon, it is p...
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Open AccessAndrogen deprivation in prostate cancer: benefits of home-based resistance training
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has detrimental effects on body composition, metabolic health, physical functioning, bone mineral density (BMD) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in men with prostat...
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Sensorimotor impairments, postural instability, and risk of falling in older adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have high incidence of falls. The aim of this study was to compare sensorimotor functions, balance, mobility, fear of falling, and fall history in older people w...
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Open AccessReduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people
Pain is an independent risk factor for falling. One in two older community-dwelling people with musculoskeletal pain fall each year. This study examined physical, psychological and medical factors as potential...
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Open AccessThe role of concern about falling on step** performance during complex activities
There is limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms explaining the role of concern about falling on fall risk in older people. Anxiety is known to interact with cognitive resources and, as people get o...
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White matter hyperintensities are associated with falls in older people with dementia
White Matter Hyperintensities (WMHs) are associated with impaired gait, balance and cognition and increased fall risk in cognitively healthy older people. However, few studies have examined such relationships ...
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Catch the ruler: concurrent validity and test–retest reliability of the ReacStick measures of reaction time and inhibitory executive function in older people
Reduced cognitive function, particularly executive function (EF), is associated with an increased risk of falling in older people. We evaluated the utility of the ReacStick test, a clinical test of reaction time,...
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Deep white matter hyperintensities, microstructural integrity and dual task walking in older people
To examine neural, physiological and cognitive influences on gait speed under single and dual-task conditions. Sixty-two community-dwelling older people (aged 80.0 ± 4.2 years) participated in our study. Gait ...
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Open AccessTailored multifactorial intervention to improve dizziness symptoms and quality of life, balance and gait in dizziness sufferers aged over 50 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Dizziness is a frequently reported symptom in older people that can markedly impair quality of life. This manuscript presents the protocol for a randomised controlled trial, which has the main objective of det...
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Rationale for Strengthening Muscle to Prevent Falls and Fractures: A Review of the Evidence
Falls represent a major public health problem in older people, predominantly due to the resulting injuries which lead to progressive disability, immobilization and resulting comorbidities, dependency, institu...
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Wearable pendant device monitoring using new wavelet-based methods shows daily life and laboratory gaits are different
Morbidity and falls are problematic for older people. Wearable devices are increasingly used to monitor daily activities. However, sensors often require rigid attachment to specific locations and shuffling or ...
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Open AccessExercise and fall prevention self-management to reduce mobility-related disability and falls after fall-related lower limb fracture in older people: protocol for the RESTORE (Recovery Exercises and STep** On afteR fracturE) randomised controlled trial
Lasting disability and further falls are common and costly problems in older people following fall-related lower limb and pelvic fractures. Exercise interventions can improve mobility after fracture and reduce...
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Open AccessKinect-based choice reaching and step** reaction time tests for clinical and in-home assessment of fall risk in older people: a prospective study
Quick protective reactions such as reaching or step** are important to avoid a fall or minimize injuries. We developed Kinect-based choice reaching and step** reaction time tests (Kinect-based CRTs) and ev...
