Comparisons of interventions for preventing falls in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AC Tricco, SM Thomas, AA Veroniki, JS Hamid, E Cogo… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Falls result in substantial burden for patients and health care systems, and given
the aging of the population worldwide, the incidence of falls continues to rise. Objective To …

Frailty as a predictor of future falls among community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Kojima - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Although multiple longitudinal studies have investigated frailty as a predictor of
future falls, the results were mixed. Thus far, no systematic review or meta-analysis on this …

[HTML][HTML] Vestibular rehabilitation for peripheral vestibular hypofunction: an updated clinical practice guideline from the academy of neurologic physical therapy of the …

CD Hall, SJ Herdman, SL Whitney… - Journal of neurologic …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Uncompensated vestibular hypofunction can result in symptoms of dizziness,
imbalance, and/or oscillopsia, gaze and gait instability, and impaired navigation and spatial …

Sarcopenia as a predictor of all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Liu, Q Hao, S Hai, H Wang, L Cao, B Dong - Maturitas, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the association
between sarcopenia and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older people. A …

[HTML][HTML] Falls among older adults with sarcopenia dwelling in nursing home or community: a meta-analysis

X Zhang, P Huang, Q Dou, C Wang, W Zhang, Y Yang… - Clinical nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess and quantify sarcopenia as a risk for falls among community-dwelling
older people and nursing home older persons. Methods Prospective cohort studies that …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive-behavioural therapy-based intervention to reduce fear of falling in older people: therapy development and randomised controlled trial-the Strategies …

SW Parry, C Bamford, V Deary, TL Finch… - Health Technology …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Falls cause fear, anxiety and loss of confidence, resulting in activity
avoidance, social isolation and increasing frailty. The umbrella term for these problems is' …

Frailty is a risk factor for falls in the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZC Yang, H Lin, GH Jiang, YH Chu, JH Gao… - The journal of nutrition …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives There is little evidence in the literature about the relationship between frailty and
falls in older adults. Our objective was to explore the relationship between frailty and falls …

Frailty predicts short-term incidence of future falls among British community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled …

G Kojima, D Kendrick, DA Skelton, RW Morris… - BMC geriatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Although population-based studies have shown frailty predicted future falls,
their follow-up periods were one year or longer and short-term fall risks associated with …

Wearables for gait and balance assessment in the neurological ward-study design and first results of a prospective cross-sectional feasibility study with 384 inpatients

FP Bernhard, J Sartor, K Bettecken, MA Hobert… - BMC neurology, 2018 - Springer
Background Deficits in gait and balance are common among neurological inpatients.
Currently, assessment of these patients is mainly subjective. New assessment options using …

Quality improvement strategies to prevent falls in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

AC Tricco, SM Thomas, AA Veroniki, JS Hamid… - Age and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Falls are a common occurrence and the most effective quality improvement (QI)
strategies remain unclear. Methods We conducted a systematic review and network meta …