Leisure-time physical activity and falls with and without injuries among older adult women

WS Kwok, S Khalatbari-Soltani, X Dolja-Gore… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Falls and fall-related injuries are common among older adults. Older adults are
recommended to undertake 150 to 300 minutes of physical activity per week for health …

[HTML][HTML] Walking on a balance beam as a new measure of dynamic balance to predict falls in older adults and patients with neurological conditions

T Hortobágyi, T Vetrovsky, A Uematsu, L Sanders… - Sports medicine …, 2024 - Springer
Background Beam walking is a new test to estimate dynamic balance. We characterized
dynamic balance measured by the distance walked on beams of different widths in five age …

The association of fear of falling and falls with sedentary behavior in people with multiple sclerosis

AE Farber, S Menascu, A Kalron - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Sedentary behavior, falls, and fear of falling (FoF) are specific concerns for people
with MS (pwMS). Considering the relatively high incidence and potential linkage, it is …

Fear of falling in older adults living in a community-dwelling facility: prevalence and its impact on activity behavior and physical function

E Sebastião, V Siqueira, J Bakare… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined the prevalence and the impact of fear of falling (FOF) on physical
activity (PA), sedentary behavior (PA), and physical function in older adults living in a …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between Muscle Mass and Physical Activity Level in Older Adults at Risk of Falling: The FITNESS Study

JB Gauvain, S Mandigout, M Pambet… - The Journal of Frailty & …, 2024 - Springer
Background The study investigates the correlation between muscle mass and physical
activity level measured objectively and subjectively in older adults who fall or are at high risk …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity among Older Adults Living in Low-Population Density Regions: Gender Differences and Associations with …

M Rúa-Alonso, A Bovolini, AR Costa-Brito, C Vaz… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Older people in low-population density regions tend to have fewer resources to engage in
regular physical activity (PA) compared to their counterparts in urban areas. Moreover, PA …

The role of daily step count in determining risk factors for falls

O Jayakody, A Kirubasankar… - Journal of aging …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Falls risk is often assessed without considering exposure to risk. We examined the risk
factors associated with falls in those with greater and lower levels of daily step count. Falls …

Step count and multiple health outcomes: An umbrella review

Z Ao, H He, H Shi, H Liu - Journal of Evidence‐Based Medicine, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to quantify the association between step count and multiple
health outcomes in a healthy population. Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and …

Physical activity and kinesiophobia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Goubran, A Farajzadeh, IM Lahart, M Bilodeau… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Objective Physical activity contributes to the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of
multiple diseases. However, in some patients, an excessive, irrational, and debilitating fear …

A kinematic model to predict a continuous range of human-like walking speed transitions

GF Murray, AE Martin - IEEE transactions on neural systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While constant speed gait is well understood, far less is known about how humans change
walking speed. It is also unknown if the transition steps smoothly morph between speeds, or …