Falls in Parkinson's disease: a complex and evolving picture

A Fasano, CG Canning, JM Hausdorff… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Falls are a major determinant of poor quality of life, immobilization, and reduced life
expectancy in people affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and in older adults more …

[HTML][HTML] Why do patients with Parkinson's disease fall? A cross-sectional analysis of possible causes of falls

A Schrag, M Choudhury, D Kaski… - NPJ Parkinson's …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Falls in Parkinson's disease (PD) are associated with significant injury,
disability, hospitalization, and reduced quality of life. Aims: To identify modifiable medical …

Prevention of falls in Parkinson's disease: a review of fall risk factors and the role of physical interventions

CG Canning, SS Paul, A Nieuwboer - Neurodegenerative disease …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Falls in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are frequent and recurrent events with
devastating and widespread consequences. Despite this, understanding of the predictive …

Consensus-based clinical practice recommendations for the examination and management of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease

MA van der Marck, MPC Klok, MS Okun, N Giladi… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2014 - Elsevier
Falls in Parkinson's disease (PD) are common and frequently devastating. Falls prevention
is an urgent priority, but there is no accepted program that specifically addresses the risk …

Clinical and physiological assessments for elucidating falls risk in Parkinson's disease

MD Latt, SR Lord, JGL Morris… - … disorders: official journal …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The study aims were to devise (1) a fall risk screen for people with PD using routine clinical
measures and (2) an explanatory (physiological) fall risk assessment for guiding fall …

A meta‐analysis of six prospective studies of falling in Parkinson's disease

RM Pickering, YAM Grimbergen, U Rigney… - Movement …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Recurrent falls are a disabling feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). We have estimated the
incidence of falling over a prospective 3 month follow‐up from a large sample size, identified …

Falling risk factors in Parkinson's disease

K Robinson, A Dennison, D Roalf… - …, 2005 - content.iospress.com
Objective: to identify falling risk factors that are potentially modifiable among individuals who
have idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Design: a between group comparison of 19 fallers and …

Recurrent falls in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review

NE Allen, AK Schwarzel, CG Canning - Parkinson's disease, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Most people with Parkinson's disease (PD) fall and many experience recurrent falls. The aim
of this review was to examine the scope of recurrent falls and to identify factors associated …

P redicting first fall in newly diagnosed P arkinson's disease: I nsights from a fall‐naïve cohort

S Lord, B Galna, AJ Yarnall, S Coleman… - Movement …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Falls are common and associated with reduced independence and mortality in
Parkinson's disease. Previous research has been conducted on falls‐prevalent or advanced …

Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study

BH Wood, JA Bilclough, A Bowron… - Journal of Neurology …, 2002 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objectives: To accurately establish the incidence of falls in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to
investigate predictive risk factors for fallers from baseline data. Methods: 109 subjects with …