This newspaper article in German was published in "Arzt im Ländle", a magazine for physicians in Vorarlberg brought out by the medical association. An eas ...
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This newspaper article in German was published in "Vorarlberger Nachrichten", the major daily newspaper in Vorarlberg, just before the start of the progra ...
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The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) is made up of organisations involved in the prevention of falls, care for falls-related injuries ...
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This is an PDF of an article in The European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) which is a part of EuropeActive. The article is about the Otago St ...
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This is the valid and reliable Arabic version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. Translated into Arabic by and published with approval by Dr. Hade ...
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This article by Hadeel Halaweh and colleagues is the results from a cross cultural adaptation study. The FES-I was translated into Arabic FES-I (Ar) based ...
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This paper (in Hungarian) is written by physiotherapist Mrs L. Meszaros and published in HIPPOCRATES VI/1 2004. January – February. It presents the work ...
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This is a methodological review article on fall prevention technologies. The article can be downloaded here. Abstract: In recent years, an ever increasing ...
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Two of the latest articles in Sports Medicine focus on exercise for health in older adults. One article by Urs Granacher and Tibor Hortobágyi focus on exe ...
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This fall toolkit, developed by Ontario Injury Prevention Centre, provides a sampling of resources available on fall prevention, but it is not an exhausti ...
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This first-ever National Audit for Inpatient Falls published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) 14 October 2015, reviews how well ho ...
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The Otago Home Exercise Programme is one of the most well known falls prevention exercise programmes. The authors of the original research published a Man ...
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In this paper Keall et al. (2015) present the HIPI study, where home modifications are at focus. This is a single-blind, cluster-randomised controlled tri ...
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In this paper Anne-Marie Hill et al. (2015) present a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial where education programmes in hospital ...
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ProFouND works closely with the EIP AHA A2 to Disseminate good practice in falls prevention. As part of this commitment, the ProFouND Falls Prevention Cam ...
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This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Prof M. Michalopoulou, Ass Prof N Agelousis, Mrs V. Zisi, M. Ventouri, Th.Kourtessis and P. Malliou an ...
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“Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls in Older Adults: Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines” is a rapid response report containing a referen ...
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This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Mrs E. Lamprou and Ass Prof G. Petta and published originally in a Greek Journal, Physiotherapy Issues ...
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Objective: to evaluate the impact of a staff-oriented intervention on the number of accidental falls in residents with and without cognitive impairment. D ...
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In this paper Anne-Marie Hill et al. (2015) present a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial where education programmes in hospital ...
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This leaflet, provided by the Finnish Home Accident Prevention, includes a checklist on how to reduce and modify the home hazards for high risk of falls. ...
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The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) is made up of organisations involved in the prevention of falls, care for falls-related injuries ...
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This newspaper article in German was published in "Arzt im Ländle", a magazine for physicians in Vorarlberg brought out by the medical association. An eas ...
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This article (in Greek) is written by physiotherapists S. Stasi, K. Krasoulis, G. Papathanasiou. It published originally in a Greek Journal, Physiotherapy ...
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Objectives: to compare the use of two falls risk-identification tools (Downton and STRATIFY) with clinical judgment (based upon the observation of wanderi ...
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In this paper Keall et al. (2015) present the HIPI study, where home modifications are at focus. This is a single-blind, cluster-randomised controlled tri ...
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This is an article from the Department of Physical Education & Sport Science at the University of Thessaly in Greece. The article describes how exerci ...
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This newspaper article in German was published in "Vorarlberger Nachrichten", the major daily newspaper in Vorarlberg, just before the start of the progra ...
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Background: around one-fourth of all falls in healthcare settings are falls from bed. The role of bedrails in falls prevention is controversial, with a pr ...
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This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist G. Skondras and V. Hatzitaki and published originally in a Greek Electronic Journal, Inquiries in Spor ...
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Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons
Background fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in ol ...
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This fall toolkit, developed by Ontario Injury Prevention Centre, provides a sampling of resources available on fall prevention, but it is not an exhausti ...
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This report, by the College of Optometrists (UK) covers the background on vision and falls and gives recommendations for good practice. [profound_approved ...
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is charged with leading and coordinating improvements in the safety and quality of health c ...
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This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Mr D. Athanasopoulos, A. Pantelis, Mrs Garopoulou, Mrs E. Linardoutsou and Mrs E. Chelioti and publish ...
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Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of two interventions at preventing further falls in recurrent fallers. One intervention was bas ...