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Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: October 14, 2015
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Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

The Otago Home Exercise Programme is one of the most well known falls prevention exercise programmes. The ...

The Otago Home Exercise Programme is one of the most well known falls prevention exercise programmes. The authors of the original research published a Manual on “how to” implement the home exercise pr ...

October 14, 2015
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Video clip showing the ETB gaitAGE Elderly Falls Prevention System for professionals (English)

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: April 13, 2014
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Video clip showing the ETB gaitAGE Elderly Falls Prevention System for professionals (English)

gaitAGE is a unique system which monitors the movement of the lower limbs, using 4 digital sensors attach ...

gaitAGE is a unique system which monitors the movement of the lower limbs, using 4 digital sensors attached to the thigh and calf of each leg. gaitAGE measures knee extension and flexion, extension o ...

April 13, 2014
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A Video Presentation on Falls Risk Assessment Tools and Interventions for professionals (English)

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: April 13, 2014
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A Video Presentation on Falls Risk Assessment Tools and Interventions for professionals (English)

A presentation for professionals on the various tools and interventions used to assess risk of falls in ...

A presentation for professionals on the various tools and interventions used to assess risk of falls in older adults. The presentation, lasting 36 minutes, focuses mainly on loss of strength and bala ...

April 13, 2014
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Matter of Balance Fear of Falling Interventions Manual

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: March 10, 2014
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Matter of Balance Fear of Falling Interventions Manual

Fear of Falling is pervasive in older people and often leads to avoidance of activity and reduced uptake ...

Fear of Falling is pervasive in older people and often leads to avoidance of activity and reduced uptake to falls prevention exercise interventions. A Matter of Balance is an evidence based approach t ...

March 10, 2014
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Antidepressants causing falls – online professional awareness (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: February 14, 2014
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Antidepressants causing falls – online professional awareness (Greek)

This is an online article by the Greek portal Iatronet, concerning health, preventive medicine, nutrition ...

This is an online article by the Greek portal Iatronet, concerning health, preventive medicine, nutrition, fitness and beauty. The article is a translation from the "British Journal of Clinical Pharma ...

February 14, 2014
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Fear of falling (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: February 14, 2014
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Fear of falling (Greek)

This is an online article by the Greek portal Myhealthnews. The article refers to the fact that the fear ...

This is an online article by the Greek portal Myhealthnews. The article refers to the fact that the fear of falling may actually increase the risk of falls in the elderly. To visit the website follow ...

February 14, 2014
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Balance exercise and falls prevention – professionals (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: February 14, 2014
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Balance exercise and falls prevention – professionals (Greek)

This is an online article by mednutrition, the first portal in Greece and Cyprus concerning nutrition. Th ...

This is an online article by mednutrition, the first portal in Greece and Cyprus concerning nutrition. The article, written by a Professor on physical education, describes balance exercises for elderl ...

February 14, 2014
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Sarcopenia – professionals (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: February 14, 2014
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Sarcopenia – professionals (Greek)

This is an online article by the Greek portal Iatronet, concerning health, preventive medicine, nutrition ...

This is an online article by the Greek portal Iatronet, concerning health, preventive medicine, nutrition, fitness and beauty. The article refers to sarcopenia, which is the loss of lean body mass and ...

February 14, 2014
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Designing an Intervention Program for the elderly (Greek)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: February 02, 2014
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Designing an Intervention Program for the elderly (Greek)

This leaflet addresses physiotherapists and contains instructions for how to design an intervention progr ...

This leaflet addresses physiotherapists and contains instructions for how to design an intervention program for older persons with reduced muscle strength and balance. The leaflet is provided from the ...

February 02, 2014
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Psychotropic drugs in the elderly (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: January 31, 2014
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Psychotropic drugs in the elderly (Greek)

This is an online presentation (aimed at professionals) that addresses the effects medicine have on the e ...

This is an online presentation (aimed at professionals) that addresses the effects medicine have on the elderly and how aging can affect the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of administered drugs ...

January 31, 2014
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A presentation on Sarcopenia (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: January 31, 2014
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A presentation on Sarcopenia (Greek)

This is an online presentation by the Greek Society for the Study of Bone Metabolism. It assesses the dia ...

This is an online presentation by the Greek Society for the Study of Bone Metabolism. It assesses the diagnosis and management of sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass, muscle strength and physical perf ...

January 31, 2014
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Falls in the Elderly – Risk Factors and Occupational Therapy literature Review (Greek)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: January 31, 2014
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Falls in the Elderly – Risk Factors and Occupational Therapy literature Review (Greek)

This is two articles by K. Keramiotis that have been published in Occupational Therapy (2009 (40): 143-14 ...

This is two articles by K. Keramiotis that have been published in Occupational Therapy (2009 (40): 143-148 & 2010 (41):19-25). They both addresses risk factors and occupational therapy literature ...

January 31, 2014
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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)

Taxonomy of Technologies (English)

Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

Video clip showing the ETB gaitAGE Elderly Falls Prevention System for professionals (English)

Video clip showing the ETB gaitAGE Elderly Falls Prevention System for professionals (English)

A Video Presentation on Falls Risk Assessment Tools and Interventions for professionals (English)

A Video Presentation on Falls Risk Assessment Tools and Interventions for professionals (English)

Matter of Balance Fear of Falling Interventions Manual

Matter of Balance Fear of Falling Interventions Manual

Antidepressants causing falls – online professional awareness (Greek)

Antidepressants causing falls – online professional awareness (Greek)

Fear of falling (Greek)

Fear of falling (Greek)

Balance exercise and falls prevention – professionals (Greek)

Balance exercise and falls prevention – professionals (Greek)

Sarcopenia – professionals (Greek)

Sarcopenia – professionals (Greek)

Designing an Intervention Program for the elderly (Greek)

Designing an Intervention Program for the elderly (Greek)

Psychotropic drugs in the elderly (Greek)

Psychotropic drugs in the elderly (Greek)

A presentation on Sarcopenia (Greek)

A presentation on Sarcopenia (Greek)

Falls in the Elderly – Risk Factors and Occupational Therapy literature Review (Greek)

Falls in the Elderly – Risk Factors and Occupational Therapy literature Review (Greek)