A systematic review of fall risk factors in stroke survivors: towards improved assessment platforms and protocols

M Abdollahi, N Whitton, R Zand, M Dombovy… - … in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background/Purpose: To prevent falling, a common incident with debilitating health
consequences among stroke survivors, it is important to identify significant fall risk factors …

Risk factors for fear of falling in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Xie, J Pei, L Gou, Y Zhang, J Zhong, Y Su, X Wang… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Even though 32%–83% for fear of falling (FoF) in patients with stroke, very little is
known about the predictors of the problems. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic acute stroke symptom detection and emergency medical systems alerting by mobile health technologies: A review

BO Bat-Erdene, JL Saver - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To survey recent advances in acute stroke symptom automatic detection and
Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) alerting by mobile health technologies. Materials and …

Early prediction of falls after stroke: a 12-month follow-up of 490 patients in The Fall Study of Gothenburg (FallsGOT)

CM Samuelsson, PO Hansson… - Clinical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To identify the incidence of falls and factors present shortly after stroke, which are
associated with the occurrence of falls over the first 12 months after stroke onset, following …

Fear of falling in acute stroke: The Fall Study of Gothenburg (FallsGOT)

A Larén, A Odqvist, PO Hansson… - Topics in stroke …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Little is known about which factors are associated with a patient's fear of falling
(FoF) after acute stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate baseline variables and their …

Determinants of falls after stroke based on data on 5065 patients from the Swedish Väststroke and Riksstroke Registers

CU Persson, PO Hansson - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
We aimed to identify determinants in acute stroke that are associated with falls during the
stroke unit stay. In order to enable individualized preventive actions, this knowledge is …

Health-related quality of life in stroke survivors: a 5-year follow-up of The Fall Study of Gothenburg (FallsGOT)

M Segerdahl, PO Hansson, CM Samuelsson… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background There are limited data on long-term prevalence and predictors of health-related
quality of life (HRQoL) in stroke survivors. Therefore, the aim was to describe the prevalence …

Effect of physical exercise on fear of falling in patients with stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CY Chiu, MYH Ng, SC Lam, KY Hui… - Clinical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To consolidate the evidence on the effect of physical exercise on fear of falling in
individuals with stroke. Data Sources PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Database and MEDLINE …

Prediction of fear of falling at 6 months after stroke based on 279 individuals from the Fall Study of Gothenburg

N Hussain, PO Hansson, CU Persson - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The early identification of individuals at risk of fear of falling after stroke is crucial in order to
individualise preventive actions and interventions. The aim of this study was to identify the …

Fast track to stroke unit for patients not eligible for acute intervention, a case–control register study on 1066 patients

I Wennman, H Wijk, K Jood, E Carlström, B Fridlund… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Stroke patients not eligible for acute intervention often have low priority and may spend long
time at the emergency department (ED) waiting for admission. The aim of this retrospective …