A modified fall risk assessment tool that is specific to physical function predicts falls in community-dwelling elderly people

T Hirase, S Inokuchi, N Matsusaka… - … of geriatric physical …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… Using an existing fall assessment questionnaire, this study … to physical function and
determine whether those items were able to predict falls and estimate physical function of high-risk

[HTML][HTML] Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly depending on their physical function, cognitive status and symptoms of depression

MS Kamińska, J Brodowski, B Karakiewicz - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
… to analyze the fall risk factors in the community-dwelling elderly depending on their physical
function, … The BS results correlated most strongly with the fall risk assessment (TT) (Table 8). …

Association between physical functionality and falls risk in community‐living older adults

DJ Smee, JM Anson, GS Waddington… - … and geriatrics research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… provides evidence for using physical functionality and age to predict falls risk in community-…
between falls risk and physical functionality. We have also shown how ageing and falls risk

What are the main physical functioning factors associated with falls among older people with different perceived fall risk?

MN Moreira, TL Bilton, RC Dias… - Physiotherapy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
fall risk. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and physical functioning factors
associated with falling … community-dwelling older adults with low and high perceived fall risk. …

Effects of a multifactorial fall prevention program on fall incidence and physical function in community-dwelling older adults with risk of falls

HC Lee, KC Chang, JY Tsauo, JW Hung… - Archives of physical …, 2013 - Elsevier
… invited to refer their outpatients for fall risk screening offered by this study. A brief fall screening
algorithm was administered to target older adults with a risk of falls.28, 29 Subjects were …

[HTML][HTML] Physical performance reflects cognitive function, fall risk, and quality of life in community-dwelling older people

S Ikegami, J Takahashi, M Uehara, R Tokida… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
… relationships between physical performance … function measures, annual fall frequency,
and SF-8 as an HRQOL measure were the outcomes of interest. The impact of physical function

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between diet quality and falls risk, physical function and body composition in older adults

DJ Smee, K Pumpa, M Falchi, FE Lithander - The Journal of nutrition, health …, 2015 - Elsevier
… two objective falls-risk assessments, the Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA), adhering
to the protocol as described by Lord and colleagues (35) and the Berg Balance Scale which …

Relationships between performance on assessments of executive function and fall risk screening measures in community-dwelling older adults

J Blackwood, T Shubert, K Forgarty… - … of geriatric physical …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
physical function. Published studies have not described the relationship between the TMT-B
and the fall risk screening tools … In studying the relationship between these tools, health …

Effectiveness of sit-to-stand tests for evaluating physical functioning and fall risk in community-dwelling elderly

T YAMADA, S DEMURA - Human Performance Measurement, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Physical function tests for the elderly have often been used to predict fall risks based on current
physical functioning … of exercise intervention for preventing falls and the need for primary …

Multifactorial and functional mobility assessment tools for fall risk among older adults in community, home-support, long-term and acute care settings

V Scott, K Votova, A Scanlan, J Close - Age and ageing, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… and validity of fall-risk assessment tools for use in detecting a variety of fall-related risk factors
… most appropriate fall-risk assessment tool(s) for the risk profile of the intended population. …