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  • Documento de consenso sobre la prevención de fragilidad y caídas en la persona mayor (Estrategia de promoción de la salud y prevención en el SNS, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad 2014, Spanish)

  • Consensus document on frailty and falls prevention among the elderly (The Prevention and health promotion strategy of the Spanish NHS – Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality 2014, English)

  • Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult Guideline (Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario 2011, English)

  • Guía de buenas prácticas: Prevención de caídas y lesiones derivadas de las personas mayores (Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario 2011, Spanish)

  • Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls (Reference list)

  • Protocolo: Recomendaciones para la prevención de caídas en pacientes hospitalizados (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

  • Protocolo: Inmovilización de pacientes y sujeción mecánica (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

  • Resumen: Recomendaciones para la prevención de caídas en pacientes hospitalizados (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

  • Recommendation for prevention and management of falls in older patients in health care settings (Italian)

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  • Active up until old age (German)

    Active up until old age (German)

    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 ...

    April 05, 2017 (0) Comments
  • Staying mobile in old age (German)

    Staying mobile in old age (German)

    This newspaper article in German was published in "Vorarlberger Nachrichten", the major daily newspaper in Vorarlberg, just before the start of the progra ...

    April 05, 2017 (0) Comments
  • Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

    Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

    The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) is made up of organisations involved in the prevention of falls, care for falls-related injuries ...

    February 06, 2017 (0) Comments
  • Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

    Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

    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 ...

    April 19, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

    Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

    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 ...

    March 14, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

    Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

    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 ...

    March 14, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

    Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

    This paper (in Hungarian) is written by physiotherapist Mrs L. Meszaros and published in HIPPOCRATES  VI/1 2004. January – February. It presents the work ...

    February 29, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

    Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

    This is a methodological review article on fall prevention technologies. The article can be downloaded here. Abstract: In recent years, an ever increasing ...

    February 29, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

    Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

    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 ...

    December 02, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Fall toolkit

    Fall toolkit

    This fall toolkit, developed by Ontario Injury Prevention Centre, provides a sampling of resources available on fall prevention, but it is not an exhausti ...

    November 22, 2015 (0) Comments
  • First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

    First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

    This first-ever National Audit for Inpatient Falls published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) 14 October 2015, reviews how well ho ...

    October 23, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

    Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

    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 ...

    October 14, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Home modifications –HIPI study

    Home modifications –HIPI study

    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 ...

    September 03, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Fall rates in hospital rehabilitation units after education programmes

    Fall rates in hospital rehabilitation units after education programmes

    In this paper Anne-Marie Hill et al. (2015) present a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial where education programmes in hospital ...

    September 03, 2015 (0) Comments
  • ProFouND Falls Awareness Campaign Ideas Pack 2014

    ProFouND Falls Awareness Campaign Ideas Pack 2014

    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 ...

    August 31, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Physical Activity Patterns of Greek Adults Aged 60-90 years: Age and Gender Effects

    Physical Activity Patterns of Greek Adults Aged 60-90 years: Age and Gender Effects

    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 ...

    August 21, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls (Reference list)

    Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls (Reference list)

    “Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls in Older Adults: Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines” is a rapid response report containing a referen ...

    August 20, 2015 (0) Comments
  • The Influence of exercise on functional Ability of Elderly with Knee Osteoarthritis

    The Influence of exercise on functional Ability of Elderly with Knee Osteoarthritis

    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 ...

    August 14, 2015 (0) Comments
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  • A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

    A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

    This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients. Des ...

    June 11, 2014 (0) Comments
  • First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

    First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

    This first-ever National Audit for Inpatient Falls published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) 14 October 2015, reviews how well ho ...

    October 23, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Workshops summaries from the Stuttgarter Sportkongress (German)

    Workshops summaries from the Stuttgarter Sportkongress (German)

    The Stuttgarter Sportkongress provide three summaries from workshops held at this conference. The first and the second describes dual task and balance exe ...

    January 16, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Best Practice in Falls prevention - 4 evidence based interventions (Dutch)

    Best Practice in Falls prevention – 4 evidence based interventions (Dutch)

    This leaflet, provided by Nederlands Instituut voor Sport & Bewegen (NISB) and VeiligheidNL (CSI), addresses professionals and contains information ab ...

    January 06, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: Exercise and Hydrotherapy

    Rheumatoid arthritis: Exercise and Hydrotherapy

    This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Mr E. Trevlakis and Mr. M. Gavriil and published originally in a Greek Journal, Physiotherapy Issues ( ...

    August 14, 2015 (0) Comments
  • More evidence is needed to show whether or not altering the physical home environment by removing potential hazards reduces injuries (Turner et al 2011)

    More evidence is needed to show whether or not altering the physical home environment by removing potential hazards reduces injuries (Turner et al 2011)

    This Review details injuries in the home. The review includes older people and children under five. As most of the injuries to older people occur at home ...

    May 28, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

    Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

    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 ...

    December 02, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Norwegian)

    Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Norwegian)

    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 ...

    January 06, 2014 (0) Comments
  • National Policy Program on Strength and Balance Training in Finland (English translation)

    National Policy Program on Strength and Balance Training in Finland (English translation)

    This national program, "Strength in Old Age", was designed for the Finnish Slot Machine Association and launched in 2005. This is a national development p ...

    January 27, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Physical Activity Patterns of Greek Adults Aged 60-90 years: Age and Gender Effects

    Physical Activity Patterns of Greek Adults Aged 60-90 years: Age and Gender Effects

    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 ...

    August 21, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Population-based programmes for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people

    Population-based programmes for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people

    This review of population-based programmes for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people from McClure et al. was published in 2008. Older pe ...

    May 28, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

    Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

    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 ...

    March 14, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Reliability of the Tinetti Mobility Test (TMS) in the Elderly in Greece

    Reliability of the Tinetti Mobility Test (TMS) in the Elderly in Greece

    This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Mrs Eleni Katsakiori, Ass Prof N Agelousis, Prof M Michalopoulou, and Ass Prof V Gourgoulis and publis ...

    January 29, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Preventing Falls - Manual for Professionals (Finnish)

    Preventing Falls – Manual for Professionals (Finnish)

    This comprehensive guide to falls, their prevention and toolkits for assessment and intervention is available for professionals working with older people ...

    January 27, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Neuromuscular changes during aging

    Neuromuscular changes during aging

    This paper (in Greek) is written by physiotherapist Mrs Th. Pavlakou, Mr S. Panayotis, P. Sofroniadi and A. Spiradis and published originally in a Greek J ...

    August 14, 2015 (0) Comments
  • Exercise for improving balance in older people (Howe et al, 2012)

    Exercise for improving balance in older people (Howe et al, 2012)

    This updated review includes 94 randomised controlled trials involving 9821 participants. Most participants were women living in their own home. Some stud ...

    May 28, 2014 (0) Comments
  • Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

    Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

    This paper (in Hungarian) is written by physiotherapist Mrs L. Meszaros and published in HIPPOCRATES  VI/1 2004. January – February. It presents the work ...

    February 29, 2016 (0) Comments
  • Effective exercise for home-dwelling older people (German paper)

    Effective exercise for home-dwelling older people (German paper)

    This paper provided by the Sicheres Vorarlberg (Unfällen vorbeugen - gesund leben) explain the effect of the Otago program for community dwelling older pe ...

    March 06, 2015 (0) Comments
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