Falls in Elderly People- March 2017

Exercise and nutritional approaches to prevent frail bones, falls and fractures: an update.

Daly RM.

Climacteric. 2017 Apr; 20(2):119-124. Epub 2017 Feb 8. Review.

Falls risk factors: assessment and management to prevent falls and fractures.

Author(s)Martin, Finbarr C

Source Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement; Mar 2011; vol. 30 (no. 1); p. 33-44

Publication Date Mar 2011

Preventing falls in older people.

Oxtoby K.

Br J Community Nurs. 2017 Jan 2; 22(1):683.

To dance or not to dance? A comparison of balance, physical fitness and quality of life in older Irish set dancers and age-matched controls.

Shanahan J, Coman L, Ryan F, Saunders J, O'Sullivan K, Ni Bhriain O, Clifford AM.

Public Health. 2016 Dec; 141:56-62.

Changes in dual-task performance after 5 months of karate and fitness training for older adults to enhance fall prevention.

Pliske G, Emmermacher P, Weinbeer V, Witte K.

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2016 Dec; 28(6):1179-1186. Epub 2015 Dec 12.

Is independence of older adults safe considering the risk of falls?

Dorota Talarska, Magdalena Strugała, Marlena Szewczyczak

BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:66

Published on: 14 March 2017

Lower Physical Activity in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis at Increased Fall Risk: A Cross-sectional Study.

Author(s)Sebastião, Emerson; Learmonth, Yvonne C; Motl, Robert W

Source American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation; May 2017; vol. 96 (no. 5); p. 357-361

Publication Date May 2017

Falls, fractures and bone density in Parkinson's disease - a cross-sectional study.

Author(s) Tassorelli, Cristina; Berlangieri, Mariangela; Buscone, Simona

Source The International journal of neuroscience; Apr 2017; vol. 127 (no. 4); p. 299-304

Spinal Fractures in Older Adult Patients Admitted After Low-Level Falls: 10-Year Incidence and Outcomes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Randeep S. Jawa, Adam J. Singer and James A. Vosswinkel

High incidence of falls and fall-related injuries in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A prospective study of risk indicators.

Piloting staff education in Australia to reduce falls in older hospital patients experiencing delirium.

Toye C, Kitchen S, Hill A

Nurs Health Sci. 2017 Mar; 19(1):51-58.

Intentional Rounding: a staff-led quality improvement intervention in the prevention of patient falls.

Morgan L, Flynn L, Robertson E, New S, Forde-Johnston C

J Clin Nurs. 2017 Jan; 26(1-2):115-124.

Piloting staff education in Australia to reduce falls in older hospital patients experiencing delirium.

Toye C, Kitchen S, Hill A

Nurs Health Sci. 2017 Mar; 19(1):51-58.

Evaluation of an inpatient fall risk screening tool to identify the most critical fall risk factors in inpatients.

Author(s)Hou, Wen-Hsuan; Kang, Chun-Mei; Ho, Mu-Hsing

Source Journal of clinical nursing; Mar 2017; vol. 26 (no. 5-6); p. 698-706

Are triage questions sufficient to assign fall risk precautions in the ED?

Author(s)Southerland, Lauren T; Slattery, Lauren; Rosenthal, Joseph A

Source The American journal of emergency medicine; Feb 2017; vol. 35 (no. 2); p. 329-332

Inpatient falls after shoulder arthroplasty.

Author(s)Menendez, Mariano E; Ring, David; Jawa, Andrew

Source Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery; Jan 2017; vol. 26 (no. 1); p. 14-19

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Who falls in an adult emergency department and why-A retrospective review.

Author(s)McErlean, Deanne R; Hughes, James A

Source Australasian emergency nursing journal : AENJ; Feb 2017; vol. 20 (no. 1); p. 12-16

Orthostatic Hypotension and Falls

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 65, Issue 3, March 2017, Pages: 470–471, Lewis A. Lipsitz

Factors related to fear of falling among community-dwelling older adults.

Author(s)Hoang, Oanh Tran Thi; Jullamate, Pornchai; Piphatvanitcha, Naiyana

Source Journal of clinical nursing; Jan 2017; vol. 26 (no. 1-2); p. 68-76

Publication Date Jan 2017

The management of syncope in older adults.

Author(s)Ungar, A; Morrione, A; Rafanelli, M

Source Minerva medica; Aug 2009; vol. 100 (no. 4); p. 247-258

Publication Date Aug 2009

Postural blood pressure electrocardiographic changes are associated with falls in older people.

Author(s)Saedon, Nor Izzati; Zainal-Abidin, Imran; Chee, Kok Han

Source Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society; Feb 2016; vol. 26 (no. 1); p. 41-48

Publication Date Feb 2016

Syncope and near-syncope as a multifactorial problem in geriatric inpatients: Systemic hypotension is an underrated predictor for syncope exclusively.

Author(s)Bień, B; Wilmańska, J; Jańczak, W

Source Advances in medical sciences; 2011; vol. 56 (no. 2); p. 352-360

Publication Date 2011

Assessment and management of fall risk in primary care settings.

Author(s)Phelan, Elizabeth A; Mahoney, Jane E; Voit, Jan C;

Source The Medical clinics of North America; Mar 2015; vol. 99 (no. 2); p. 281-293

Publication Date Mar 2015

New developments in the management of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension.

Author(s)Biaggioni, Italo

Source Current cardiology reports; Nov 2014; vol. 16 (no. 11); p. 542

Publication Date Nov 2014

Medical findings in an interdisciplinary geriatric outpatient clinic specialising in falls.

Author(s)Smebye, Kristofer Lislerud; Granum, Solveig; Wyller, Torgeir Bruun

Source Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke; Apr 2014; vol. 134 (no. 7); p. 705-709

Publication Date Apr 2014

Withdrawal of fall-risk-increasing drugs in older persons: effect on tilt-table test outcomes.

Author(s)van der Velde, Nathalie; van den Meiracker, Anton H; Pols, Huibert A P

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Publication Date May 2007

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Author(s)Mussi, Chiara; Ungar, Andrea; Salvioli, Gianfranco

Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study 2 Group

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Publication Date Jul 2009

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