Safetylit: Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.A cross-sectional study of the prevalence, correlates, and costs of falls in older home care clients 'at risk' for falling. - Markle-Reid M, Browne G, Gafni A, Roberts J, Weir R, Thabane L, Miles M, Vaitonis V, Hecimovich C, Baxter P, Henderson S. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184317_30ABSTRACTThis study examined the six-month prevalence, risk factors, and costs of falls in older people using home support services who are at risk of falling. Of the 109 participants, 70.6 per cent reported >/= one fall in the previous six months, and 27.5...Automated detection of near falls: algorithm development and preliminary results. - Weis A, Shimkin I, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184361_30BACKGROUND: Falls are a major source of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Unfortunately, self-report is, to a large degree, the gold-standard method for characterizing and quantifying fall frequency. A number of studies have demonstrated that nea...Diabetes Medications Related to an Increased Risk of Falls and Fall-Related Morbidity in the Elderly. - Berlie HD, Garwood CL. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184611_30OBJECTIVE: To review literature regarding the effect of diabetes medications as a contributing risk for falls and fall-related morbidity in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes. DATA SOURCES: Primary literature was identified through PubMed MEDLINE (19...Falls by elderly people living in long-term care institutions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. - Alvares LM, Lima RD, Silva RA. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184363_30This study focuses on the occurrence of falls and related factors among elderly individuals living in long-term care institutions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A structured questionnaire on demographic characteristics, morbidity, use of psyc...Injuries from falls and associated factors among elderly people in Cataluña, Spain. - Suelves JM, Martinez V, Medina A. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184399_30OBJECTIVES: To assess, based on a population health survey, what proportion of individuals in a sample of non-institutionalized older persons suffered injuries from unintentional falls, and to evaluate the associated demographic and health-related factors....Pediatric obesity: implications for fall injuries. - Sayegh R, Bradley D, Vaca F. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184480_30[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...Re: "Changes in population demographics and the future incidence of hip fractures" in Injury 2009;40(7):722-6. - Abdul W, John B. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184377_30[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...The effect of voluntary lateral trunk bending on balance recovery following multi-directional stance perturbations. - Küng UM, Horlings CG, Honegger F, Allum JH. Fallshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_184319_30Stabilising shifts of the centre of mass (COM) are observed during balance recovery when subjects simultaneously execute voluntary unilateral knee flexion or unilateral arm raising. Here, we examined whether voluntary lateral trunk bending provided more be...