Falls are the leading cause of emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and
unintentional death for older adults. Balance and strength impairments are common falls risk …

Background: The aging of posture and balance function alters the quality of life in older
people and causes serious problems in terms of public health and socio-economic costs for …

Fall detection is an important public healthcare problem. Timely detection could enable
instant delivery of medical service to the injured. A popular nonintrusive solution for fall …

Abstract Background and Purpose Exercise interventions are effective at preventing falls in
community‐dwelling older adults, especially before disability is present. Gait speed below …

Despite extensive literature on falls among seniors, little is known about gender-specific risk
factors. To determine the prevalence of falls by gender and sociodemographic …

Background. Gait is influenced by higher order cognitive and cortical control mechanisms.
Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has been used to examine frontal activation …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Iäkkäiden kaatumisten ehkäisy-opas kokoaa tietoa ja käytännön työvälineitä kaatumisten
ehkäisyn toteuttamiseksi. Opas perustuu tutkimustietoon sekä kliinisessä käytännössä …

Objective Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior (SB) are leading causes of mortality.
We investigated if older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) are more sedentary …

Background. Elderly falls constitute a global problem with huge social and economic
aspects. Fall risk factors are both intrinsic (physical and psychological) and extrinsic (related …