Falls in people with multiple sclerosis: risk identification, intervention, and future directions

S Coote, L Comber, G Quinn… - … journal of MS care, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Falls are highly prevalent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and result in a range of
negative consequences, such as injury, activity curtailment, reduced quality of life, and …

Postural control deficits in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Comber, JJ Sosnoff, R Galvin, S Coote - Gait & posture, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition that can affect the postural
stability of the individual and predispose falls in this population. Methods A systematic …

Effects of virtual reality vs conventional balance training on balance and falls in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial

F Molhemi, S Monjezi, M Mehravar… - Archives of physical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the efficacy of virtual reality (VR)-based vs conventional balance
training on the improvement of balance and reduction of falls in people with multiple …

Wearables and deep learning classify fall risk from gait in multiple sclerosis

BM Meyer, LJ Tulipani, RD Gurchiek… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls are a significant problem for persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Yet fall prevention
interventions are not often prescribed until after a fall has been reported to a healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise-and strategy-based physiotherapy-delivered intervention for preventing repeat falls in people with Parkinson's: the PDSAFE RCT.

A Ashburn, R Pickering, E McIntosh… - Health Technology …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND People with Parkinson's disease are twice as likely to experience a fall as a
healthy older person, often leading to debilitating effects on confidence, activity levels and …

Dual task cost of cognition is related to fall risk in patients with multiple sclerosis: a prospective study

Y Etemadi - Clinical rehabilitation, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine whether change in cognitive performance during dual task condition
compared with a task in isolation, known as dual task cost, is related to fall risk of patients …

Predicting falls among patients with multiple sclerosis: comparison of patient-reported outcomes and performance-based measures of lower extremity functions

S Tajali, MJ Shaterzadeh-Yazdi, H Negahban… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Accurate fall screening tools are needed to identify those multiple sclerosis
(MS) patients at high risk of falling. The present study aimed at determining the validity of a …

Automated detection of real-world falls: Modeled from people with multiple sclerosis

C Mosquera-Lopez, E Wan, M Shastry… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls are a major health problem with one in three people over the age of 65 falling each
year, oftentimes causing hip fractures, disability, reduced mobility, hospitalization and death …

Falls among full-time wheelchair users with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis: a comparison of characteristics of fallers and circumstances of falls

JH Sung, Y Trace, EW Peterson… - Disability and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to (1) explore and (2) compare circumstances of falls
among full-time wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Interventions for preventing falls in people with multiple sclerosis

S Hayes, R Galvin, C Kennedy… - Cochrane database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most prevalent diseases of the central
nervous system with recent prevalence estimates indicating that MS directly affects 2.3 …