Falls are common in a range of clinical cohorts, where routine risk assessment often comprises subjective visual observation only. Typically, observational assessment involves evaluation of an individual’s gait during scripted walking protocols within a lab to identify deficits that potentially increase f...
In the realm of fall risk assessment, particularly for older adults, there is a recognized importance of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors include muscle strength35, balance36, and gait stability37, whereas extrinsic factors involve elements like home hazards and footwear choices...
A fall risk assessment will clarify whether you have fallen in the past and ask about the circumstances in which you fell. Your doctor will also want to know what medications you’re taking, since some raise the risk of falls. A fall risk assessment also evaluates your strength,...
Summarizes fall risk assessment scales in order to enable informed choices regarding their use. Review of articles describing fall risk assessments; Description of scales which can be used in fall prevention programs for elderly adults in nursing facilities; Disadvantages of developing fall risk ...
153 participants (50 controls and 103 individuals with MS) underwent a static posturography assessment and a physiological fall risk assessment. Participants were further classified into four subgroups based on fall risk: controls, low-risk MS (n = 34), moderate-risk MS (n = 27), ...
The estimation of an expected fall rate might improve the identification of individuals at risk of fragility fractures and improve fracture prediction. Methods A combined analysis of three previously developed fall rate models using individual participant data (n = 1850) was conducted using the ...
The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a widely-used fall predication tool, and was recently recommended as a risk assessment tool for fall prevention and management of older adult health in the World Falls Guidelines, which was developed by a World Falls Task Force comprised of 96 mu...
Factors Associated with Falls in Psychogeriatric Inpatients and Comparison of Two Fall Risk Assessment Tools While implementation of the fall bundle, linking the call system to bed alarms, and use of chair alarms in every room led to a gradual decrease in the total number of falls, the implemen...
Fall risk assessment is a powerful tool that aids in determining the risk of falls for a given individual in order to provide early diagnosis and treatment to reduce or prevent future falls. Traditionally, clinical fall risk assessments among older adults consist of questionnaires or functional asses...
Here, we suggest a model that typifies how a CV approach would be created and adopted within the fall risk assessment. The aim here isn’t to champion the suggested model per se but to inspire the field of digital medicine to closely consider (reconsider, perhaps) the adoption of wearable ...