Falls in the Elderly
Falls in the elderly
... POINTS Falls are a main cause of morbidity and disability in the ...Oftentimes elderly patients will not volunteer their history of ...about falls, given how common the problem is, its high ...
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Risk assessment of and targeted intervention for falls in the elderly based on the relationship between physical function levels and risk factors for falls
... for falls is reportedly essential to apply effective primary preventive measures for the community-dwell- ing elderly ...of falls are useful predictors of future falls ...for elderly ...
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Factors Contributing to Falls and the Effect of a Multipronged Approach on the Incidence of Falls in the Elderly in an Outpatient Setting
... - As the function of the nervous system declines with age, the reaction time in elderly increases. “Choice step reaction time”, defined as the time for a task which requires making choices and a physical response ...
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Community-based health efforts for the prevention of falls in the elderly
... of falls and fall- related ...of falls and fall-related inju- ries that can be employed in the community to help alleviate the health care burden associated with falls in the ...
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Incidence and risk factors of falls among the elderly in the district of Colombo
... had falls in the previous year had more than fourfold risk of having another ...for falls among elderly, the strongest associations were found for history of falls (OR = ...of falls ...
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Rehabilitation of Elderly People with History of Falls: A Study on Balancing Exercises
... Everybody falls Regardless of age, falling is a ubiquitous event experienced by all throughout ...Most falls, especially in children and young adult, are of minor consequences, are readily forgotten, and ...
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REFINE (Reducing Falls in In patient Elderly) a randomised controlled trial
... Background: Falls in hospitals are common, resulting in injury and anxiety to patients, and large costs to NHS ...in-patient falls in elderly people in acute care settings occur at the bedside, ...
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The ‘Aachen Falls Prevention Scale’ - development of a tool for self-assessment of elderly patients at risk for ground level falls
... Background: The incidence of falls in the elderly population is difficult to determine and therefore potentially underestimated. Screening algorithms usually have in common that the evaluation is undertaken ...
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Physical consequences of falls in the elderly: a literature review from 1995 to 2010
... of falls in the elderly people, such as the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and the World Health ...of falls”, “senior population and falls”, “falls pathologies”, ...
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Correlation of reaction time and visual attention with fear of falls in elderly population
... has been linked to the incidence of falls in the elderly population (13) . As age increases, there is an increase in movement time and decision time (14) . This is largely attributed to reduction in motor ...
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Predicting the probability of falls in community-dwelling elderly individuals using the trail-walking test
... in elderly individuals [13, ...self-induced falls occur during walking, rising from a chair, or stumbling on a rug or inappropriately placed furniture or telephone cord—situa- tions that may occur in daily ...
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The role of quadriceps muscle strength in the development of falls in the elderly people, a cross-sectional study
... In this study, the association of several factors such as obesity, osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, hypertension and visual impairment with fall did not reach to a statistical level (Table 1). Vitamin D deficiency ...
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Polypharmacy and Falls in the Elderly: A Literature Review
... the elderly is falls. Falls are known to be a serious health problem for older people (6, ...of elderly adults in the Australian population grows, falls in this group have come to the ...
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Falls in Elderly with Plantar Changes
... the elderly and appeared in 53% of the sample, while hallux valgus is the most common ...of falls in the elderly ...for falls, suggesting that other changes may be risk factors for ...
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Effects of hydrotherapy in balance and prevention of falls among elderly men
... of falls in elderly ...Twenty-five elderly men were evaluated using two scales: the Berg Balance Scale and Timed Up & ...The elderly men were reassessed after the sixth and twelfth weeks ...
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Salsa Dance Could Improve Effectively to Body Balance in Elderly with Risk of Falls
... of elderly in Indonesia tends to ...of elderly in Indonesia reaches ...the elderly is disruption of the body’s balance and risk to ...the elderly can be prevented by doing physical exercise in ...
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Postural Balance in the Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Relationship to Accidental Falls
... by falls reaches about 30% to 50% of cases, with 6% to 44% of these patients suffering serious damage such as fractures, subdural hematomas, and bleeding that can lead to death ...the elderly to take care ...
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Construction and Validation of the Scale of Practices and Behaviors of Institutionalized Elderly to Prevent Falls
... the elderly in nursing homes The emergence of a prevalence decrease of falls is a challenge for health professionals to invest in prevention programs which takes account not only bio-physiological risk but ...
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Falls among the elderly
... the elderly. Every third person falls at least once a year. Falls lead to injuries, limiting the mobility of the ...of falls, serious fractures occur, which cause hospitalization and are the ...
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The prevalence and the risk of falls among institutionalised elderly in Penang, Malaysia
... more falls in the past 12 months whereas ...depressed elderly and those with respiratory illness. Elderly with higher history of falls were also at higher risk of ...the elderly for the ...
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