fallsrisk assessment.Objective: To evaluate whether a simple questionnaire composed of 22 items, including several environmental factors, could establish predictive validity for identifying fallers. Patients and methods: The study included 2439 community-dwelling elderly people (76.3 ?7.4 years old). ...
female gender, older elderly (over 80 years old), with low cognitive status and occurrence of previous falls in the last six months are factors that increase the prevalence of falls. In logistic regression, the variables that were associated with risk of falls were: fall, with whom they live...
Accordingly, falls in the elderly population are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and expense to our health care system. It is possible that the human and monetary costs associated with falls could be managed if those at greatest risk for falling were identified ahead of time and...
Exercise in the Prevention of Falls in Older People: A Systematic Literature Review Examining the Rationale and the Evidence. Falls are a major source of death and injury in elderly people. For example, they cause 90% of hip fractures and the current cost of hip fractures in the U... Cart...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate for predictive factors for falls in the elderly population after lower extremity strength assessment in an isokinetic dynamometer and to construct a discrimination model for the classification of the elderly in a fallers and non-fallers group. 59...
This paper summarized the falls risk assessment methods and tools for the elderly in communities at home and abroad and the prevention measures from the following aspects,including physical exercise,home environment reform,drug care,health education,application of auxiliary equipment,and so on.关键词:co...
Over the last 3 decades, a large and increasing amount of evidence has documented the importance of physical function in elderly individuals, both as a crucial component of clinical assessment as well as a specific outcome for interventions.1 However, the evaluation of physical function is still ...
Falls are among the most frequent and costly population health issues, costing $50bn each year in the US. In current clinical practice, falls (and associated fall risk) are often self-reported after the “first fall”, delaying primary prevention of falls and development of targeted fall preven...
(CDC). Falls are also a leading cause of nonfatal injuries in seniors. People are living longer, but the increased longevity makes us more susceptible to frailty and other health conditions that increase therisk of falls. The elderly are also more likely to take medications that r...