Mobility device use in older adults and incidence of falls and worry about falling: Findings from the 2011–2012 national health and aging trends study

NM Gell, RB Wallace, AZ LaCroix… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… and older reported mobility device use in 2011, and 9.3% reported using multiple devices
within the last month. Mobility device use increased with advancing age and was associated …

Demographics and trends in wheeled mobility equipment use and accessibility in the community

MP LaPlante, HS Kaye - Assistive Technology®, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
… -resident US adults using wheeled mobility equipment (WME) in 2005, trends in WME use
from 1990 to … That is twice the poverty rate of nonusers of mobility devices for both age groups. …

Gender differences in mobility device use among US older adults

LJ Peterson, H Meng, D Dobbs… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Using National Health and Aging Trends Study data, we … use of assistive mobility devices,
canes in particular. Examining the use of canes is important because candidates for their use

Mobile applications in an aging society: Status and trends

I Plaza, L Martín, S Martin, C Medrano - Journal of Systems and Software, 2011 - Elsevier
… The trends point to the design of holistic frameworks related to … the quality of life of the elderly
using mobile applications. … Within this framework, the current status of mobile devices and …

… device use among community-dwelling older adults: a profile of Canadians using hearing, vision, and mobility devices in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

Y Ishigami, J Jutai, S Kirkland - Canadian Journal on Aging/La …, 2021 - cambridge.org
device use was higher among those who were of older age, had less education, were widowed,
had lower income, and had poorer health. Assistive devices were … According to Statistics

Assistive device use and mobility-related factors among adults aged≥ 65 years

BA West, G Bhat, J Stevens, G Bergen - Journal of safety research, 2015 - Elsevier
… Similarly, the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study estimate showed that 13.8% of
… Given our aging society it is likely that the proportion of assistive device users will increase …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal relationship between mobility device use, falls and fear of falling (FoF) differed by frailty status among community-dwelling older adults

M Liu, C Mo, Y Luo, W Peng, S Tang - … Journal of nutrition, health and aging, 2023 - Elsevier
mobility device use and falls (19). However, to our knowledge, little is known about the
association between mobility device use … Descriptive statistics for demographics, health-related …

Use of mobility devices and changes over 12 months among very old people in five European countries

C Löfqvist, C Nygren, Å Brandt, F Oswald… - Aging clinical and …, 2007 - Springer
… an increased use of MDs over time, in all national samples and in all age groups, but most
explicitly in the German and Swedish samples. A trend toward the use of MDs with more …

The use of mobility devices among institutionalized older adults

P Clarke, P Chan, PL Santaguida… - Journal of Aging and …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
mobility device use in a sample of institutionalized older adults in Canada. Following the
existing work in community samples, we use … that are associated with use. We also compare the …

Mobility Device Use and Frailty Progression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Mobility Limitations

A Chau, DH Kim, SDM Sison… - Journal of Aging and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
aging-related physical decline and mobility limitations. This study aims to (1) determine the
association between mobility device use frailty … were summarized using descriptive statistics. …