Exercise for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community

D Kendrick, A Kumar, H Carpenter… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Fear of falling is common in older people and associated with serious physical
and psychosocial consequences. Exercise (planned, structured, repetitive and purposive …

How does age-related macular degeneration affect real-world visual ability and quality of life? A systematic review

DJ Taylor, AE Hobby, AM Binns, DP Crabb - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To review systematically the evidence of age-related macular degeneration
(AMD) affecting real-world visual ability and quality of life (QoL). To explore trends in specific …

Complement activation and choriocapillaris loss in early AMD: implications for pathophysiology and therapy

SS Whitmore, EH Sohn, KR Chirco, AV Drack… - Progress in retinal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common and devastating disease that can
result in severe visual dysfunction. Over the last decade, great progress has been made in …

Which factors are associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older people?

A Kumar, H Carpenter, R Morris, S Iliffe… - Age and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: fear of falling (FOF) is common in older people and associated with serious
physical and psychosocial consequences. Identifying those at risk of FOF can help target …

Fear of falling and associated factors among older people living in Bahir Dar City, Amhara, Ethiopia-a cross-sectional study

G Birhanie, H Melese, G Solomon, B Fissha, M Teferi - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Fear of falling (FOF) is the most common public health problem, which can lead
to loss of confidence, reducing physical and social activities, depression, loss of mobility …

Prevalence of falls and fall‐related outcomes in older adults with self‐reported vision impairment

JR Ehrlich, SE Hassan, BC Stagg - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To determine the prevalence of falls, fear of falling (FoF), and activity limitation
due to FoF in a nationally representative study of older adults with self‐reported vision …

Predictive value of intrinsic capacity on adverse outcomes among community-dwelling older adults

J Yu, H Si, X Qiao, Y Jin, L Ji, Q Liu, Y Bian, W Wang… - Geriatric nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the predictive value of intrinsic capacity on one-year incident adverse
outcomes among community-dwelling older adults. Methods A total of 756 community …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people with mild cognitive impairment: a prospective one-year study

T Chantanachai, ME Taylor, SR Lord, J Menant… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Objective Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered an intermediate stage between
normal cognitive function and dementia. Fall risk is increased in this group, but there is …

Using augmented reality to cue obstacles for people with low vision

DR Fox, A Ahmadzada, CT Friedman, S Azenkot… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Detecting and avoiding obstacles while navigating can pose a challenge for people with low
vision, but augmented reality (AR) has the potential to assist by enhancing obstacle visibility …

Automated detection of real-world falls: Modeled from people with multiple sclerosis

C Mosquera-Lopez, E Wan, M Shastry… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls are a major health problem with one in three people over the age of 65 falling each
year, oftentimes causing hip fractures, disability, reduced mobility, hospitalization and death …