The purpose of this perspective article is to describe the use of a physiological profile approach to falls risk assessment and prevention that has been developed by the Falls and Balance Research Group of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia. The profil...
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We conducted nine focus groups across the UK (England, Wales, and Scotland). Our sample was from urban and rural settings and different environmental landscapes. Participants were aged 65+ and had at least one outdoor fall in the past year. We analysed the data using framework and content an...
The whole body vibration training performed with the exposition settings such as those used in this research was feasible but seems to have no impact on the risk of falls among nursing home residents. Further investigations, in which, for example, the exposure parameters would be changed, seem ...
SOYF was a multi-strategic, population-based, falls-prevention program targeting residents aged 60 years or older and living in North Coast, New South Wales (NSW). Following intervention, there was a 22% lower incidence of self-reported falls in the intervention community compared to a control ...
NewSouthWales,AustraliaABSTRACT:AnevaluationofaFallsPreventionProgramthattookplaceina29-bedruralhospitalinNewSouthWalesisdescribed.TheaimoftheprojectwastoascertaintheoveralleffectivenessoftheProgramandtoexploretheusefulnessoftheassessmentcriteriainpredictingfalls.Thesampleconsistedof111participants,representingallpatients65...
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Hospitalised infants due to falls aged less 12months in New South Wales from 2002 to 2013 Aim Falls are the most common injury mechanism of children <12 months in Australia. We aimed to determine the prevalence of hospital admission following a ... N Cooray,S Adams,J Zeltzer,... - 《Jou...
Further assessment and intervention is indicated for those individuals who report a fall in the last year and have a gait or balance problem. NICE identified the essential elements of a falls assessment to be gait/balance; osteoporosis risk, medication review, home hazard and vision, based on ...
For example, in New South Wales, the most populous Australian state, one in four adults aged 65 years and older fall annually, and 10% of these falls result in hospitalisation [3]. The consequences of a fall even without physical injury are grave: falls can lead to fear of falling, ...