SCREENING AND ASSESSING ELDERLY FOR FALL RISK
<p>The Stay Independent Brochure as a Screening Evaluation for Fall Risk in an Elderly Thai Population</p>
... The fall risk screening algorithm used in the ...Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death & Injuries (STEADI) program is one of the only few programs, which follows the multiple methods ...of ...
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Use of a Telerehabilitation Delivery System for Fall Risk Screening
... established fall-risk cut-off scores in the general elderly, individuals with spinal cord injury, and individuals who have suffered a ...of fall screening ...for elderly who may ...
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Evaluating the fall risk among elderly population by choice step reaction test
... Methods Participants Initially, a total of 406 older adults between 55 and 75 years of age, living in the Guohe community, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, were contacted for eligibility screening by flyers ...
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The Positive Effects of Negative Work: Increased Muscle Strength and Decreased Fall Risk in a Frail Elderly Population
... with elderly populations (28,29), assessed balance (Berg balance scale), the ability to descend stairs safely (timed-stair de- scent), and fall risk (timed up and go) before and after train- ...a ...
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Risk and fear of fall in elderly: associated factors
... the risk of falling is associated with fear of falling, during this study, there was extreme significance in the association between the two, which means that when the fear of falling is present, this ...
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Blunt cerebrovascular injury in elderly fall patients: are we screening enough?
... the elderly. Hospital variability in screening rates and data reporting could significantly impact the outcomes of this ...data, screening rates in EGLF patients could not be de- ...Lower ...
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The effects of programmed therapeutic exercises on fall risk factors in the elderly
... of fall risk factors was assessed in all three groups with standardized Fast Evaluation of Mobility, Balance, and Fear test before the initiation of therapy, after 3 and after 6 months of ...
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Effect of resistance training on exercise intolerance and risk of fall in elderly
... There are few benefits of weight training which includes a greater muscular strength with improved muscle tone and also the appearance of muscles. Strength training provides various functional benefits like having ...
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Atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, fall risk, and outcomes in elderly patients
... predicted fall risk with bleeding in the setting of anticoagulation for ...in elderly patients at risk for falls concluded that the propensity for falling in elderly patients should not ...
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Frequent Fall Risk Assessment Reduces Fall Rates in Elderly Patients in Long-Term Care
... the elderly living in long-term care facilities, as falls contribute to significant health problems such as increased dependence, loss of autonomy, confusion, immobilization, depression, restriction in daily ...
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Age related fall risk characteristics in Japanese community dwelling elderly
... the elderly living independ- ently in the community is to prevent becoming in a con- dition of need for long-term ...population. Fall is a major obstruction to successful ag- ing, and its primary prevention ...
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Relationship between subjective fall risk assessment and falls and fall-related fractures in frail elderly people
... as fall-related fracture, even when adjusted for many confounding fac- ...single fall and fall-related ...of fall-related fractures is also influenced by low bone density which was not mea- ...
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Assessing the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome in elderly home care patients with chronic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional screening study.
... sensitive screening questionnaires to assess sleep apnoea, but these may be less specific for the diagnosis of OSAHS in older adults (Sforza et ...high risk for OSAHS in this ...
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A Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER): Screening Experience and Baseline Characteristics
... of elderly subjects with a very high risk of coronary and cer- ebrovascular ...the elderly are taking a wide range of prescription medications, with many taking multiple con- comitant treatments, ...
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Risk Factors for Fall in Elderly Patients: Follow Up Study after Hospital Discharge
... The screening and identification of risk factors is extremely important in order to optimize the prevention of ...identified risk factors and to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive ...
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Relationships between gait properties on soft surfaces, physical function, and fall risk for the elderly
... the elderly and control of the marked increased rate of medical expenses are key tasks in Japan, which has become a super aging ...the elderly over 70 years of age living independently in com- munities ...
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Effectiveness of Otago Exercise on Health Status and Risk of Fall Among Elderly with Chronic Illness
... the risk of falls and health status among the elderly with chronic illness in the social elderly ...were elderly living in a social elderly ...respondents’ risk of falling and ...
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Examination of useful items for the assessment of fall risk in the community-dwelling elderly Japanese population
... TMIG fall risk assessment chart includes fall experience but not symptoms of ...general, fall experience has been treated as an important and valid criterion in fall risk ...
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A Screening Tool for Assessing Alcohol Use Risk among Medically Vulnerable Youth
... a screening tool was not intended to predict future risk of AUD, and clini- cians who take care of children and adolescents should be cognizant of the risk of early initiation of any alcohol use, ...
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Assessing the efficacy of cancer screening
... of screening. 8 For example, screening for prostate cancer using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test gives a 20% relative reduction in prostate cancer mortality among men aged 55 to 69 years according ...
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