BACKGROUND: knowledge of the circumstances and consequences of falls in older adults is important for understanding the aetiology of falls as well as for effective clinical assessment and design of fall prevention strategies. Such data, however, are relatively scarce, especially in community-dwelling ...
BACKGROUND: knowledge of the circumstances and consequences of falls in older adults is important for understanding the aetiology of falls as well as for effective clinical assessment and design of fall prevention strategies. Such data, however, are relatively scarce, especially in community-dwelling ...
Despite extensive research on risk factors associated with falling in older adults, and current fall prevention interventions focusing on modifiable risk factors, there is a lack of detailed accounts of sex differences in risk factors, circumstances and consequences of falls in the literature. We exami...
consequences and resulting injuries of indoor and outdoor falls according to sex in a population study of older adults. METHODS: Men and women 65 years and older (N = 743) were followed for fall events from the Maintenance of Balance, Independent ...
Vitamin D for Prevention of Falls and their Consequences in Older Adults This work aims to provide an inventory of the risk factors and consequences of falling in the elderly, namely fractures, and to identify strategies to prev... A Zurlo,U Geriatria,NH Pensato,... 被引量: 0发表: 2013年...
as broods get older, male or female parents may desert the family43. As chicks typically fledge around 25 days of age, we therefore choose broods of between 20 and 25 days of age to quantify parental care given that at this age many parents already deserted the family but some still atten...
Although falls among the elderly carry high costs to individuals and society, the prevention of falls in later life has not received adequate attention from health care professionals. The prevalence of falls appears to involve roughly on... The prevention of falls in later life - 《Danish Medical...
BACKGROUND: knowledge of the circumstances and consequences of falls in older adults is important for understanding the aetiology of falls as well as for e... WP Berg,HM Alessio,EM Mills,... - 《Age & Ageing》 被引量: 1324发表: 1997年 Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to ...
The consequences of malnutrition following discharge from rehabilitation to the community: a systematic review of current evidence in older adults BackgroundThe prevalence of malnutrition in the rehabilitation setting is estimated to be 30–50%, with older adults at higher nutritional risk. Malnutriti....
Slower recovery may put older people at risk of balance loss for a longer period. More research on the effects of recovery from fatigue for balance and functional tasks in older adults and how it relates to fall risk is required. Conclusions Despite variations in study design, populations, ...