No specific effective exercise or multifactorial protocol has been replicated in larger population randomized clinical trials. The results on effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation were mixed and showed potential harm at very high doses. Similar to the conclusions of this review, a recent network ...
The STRIDE (Strategies to Increase confidence, InDependence and Energy) study: cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention to reduce fear of falling in older fallers living in the community—study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2014;15:210.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref ...
Interventions for prevent- ing falls in older people in residential care facilities and hospitals (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005; 1- 10Cameron I, Murray GR, Gillespie LD et al. Interventions for preventing falls in older people in residential care facilities and hospitals (protocol)...
This manuscript was produced as part of the GBD Collaborator Network and in accordance with the GBD Protocol. Methods Overview In this analysis, we investigated the trend in incidence, mortality, and DALY rates of falls among people aged 60 years and older in 31 geographical units in mainland ...
Falls are the leading cause of injuries in older adults. Environmental objects (such as furniture, walls, and handrails) may act as hazards or facilitators to balance maintenance and safe landing. There is lack of objective evidence on how older adults interact with objects during falls. We add...
Ethical approval for this study protocol was granted by the Ethic Committee of Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (GZCDC-ECHR-2023P0061). Self-designed questionnaires were adopted in the present study, which was constituted by baseline information, health examination and follow-up ...
(b). weights are from random effects analysis. table. characteristics of the included studies view large download supplement. eappendix 1. study protocol eappendix 2. electronic searches eappendix 3. flow chart of study selection eappendix 4. risk of bias eappendix 5. description of exercise ...
Falls are one of the most common health problems among older people and pose a major economic burden on health care systems. Exercise is an accepted stand-alone fall prevention strategy particularly if it is balance training or regular participation in Tai chi. Dance shares the ‘holistic’ appro...
Fall prevention interventions in primary care to reduce fractures and falls in people aged 70 years and over: the PreFIT three-arm cluster RCT. Health Technol Assess. 2021;25(34):1-114. doi:10.3310/hta25340PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 19. Bhasin S, Gill TM,...
Falls and fall-related injuries are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in older people [1,2]. Approximately 30% of people aged more than 65 years experience a fall once every year, and approximately 32,000 deaths among older adults result from fall-related injuries [3,4,5]. A fall...