A multifactorial approach to understanding fall risk in older people

K Delbaere, JCT Close, J Heim… - Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… postural sway are important contributors to fall risk. Additional and different factors were
identified in explaining fall risk in older people with low and high physiological risk of falling. …

Fall assessment in older people

JCT Close, SR Lord - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
… Many tools for screening and assessing fall risk have been developed for use in older
people in community, hospital, and nursing and residential care settings. However, only some …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of interactive cognitive-motor training in reducing fall risk in older people: a systematic review

D Schoene, T Valenzuela, SR Lord, ED de Bruin - BMC geriatrics, 2014 - Springer
… of these interactive cognitive-motor interventions on fall risk in older people. … fall risk factors
using ICMT may be effective in reducing falls and improving fall risk factors in older people. …

[PDF][PDF] Fall risk assessment in older people

M Ghahramani, F Naghdy, D Stirling, G Naghdy… - Int. J. Eng. Sci, 2016 - theijes.com
… The rapid increase in life expectancy has made fall-detection … of the art in fall risk and balance
assessment in older people, this … for fall risk assessment in people above 65 years old. The …

Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly people

A Bergland - 2012 - oda.oslomet.no
… problem for older adults. Approximately one-third of older communitydwelling people fall at
… The main purpose of this paper is to present risk factors for fall in older people living at home…

Older people enhancing self‐efficacy in fallrisk situations

B Cheal, L Clemson - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… to enhance older people’s self‐efficacy in fallrisk situations. … Awareness of fall risks and
how to minimise these increased. … area of falls prevention among older people. The findings of …

Older people's perspectives on fall risk and fall prevention programs: a literature review

S McMahon, KM Talley… - … journal of older people …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… on older people’s perspectives of fall risk and fall prevention programs and identifies
individual, interpersonal, organisational and community-level implications for improving fall

Fall risk factors in older people with dementia or cognitive impairment: a systematic review

J Härlein, T Dassen, RJG Halfens… - Journal of advanced …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… The aim of this systematic review was to identify and summarize specific risk factors for
falls in older people with dementia or cognitive impairments, as documented by prospective …

The falling risk and physical fitness in older people

A Toraman, NÜ Yıldırım - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2010 - Elsevier
… relation between the fall risk in the old-aged people living in old people's home and their
levels of physical fitness and identify the physical fitness parameters that may cause the fall risk. …

The effect of an individualized fall prevention program on fall risk and falls in older people: a randomized, controlled trial

SR Lord, A Tiedemann, K Chapman… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… to identified and often multiple risk factors. As with … an older person's individual impairments
and situation. In previous studies a range of physiological risk factors for falls in older people