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BMC geriatrics

Journal Volume: 16
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Year: 2016
Articles in SafetyLit: 31

A combination of clinical balance measures and FRAX® to improve identification of high-risk fallers

A cross-sectional study of the association between mobility test performance and personality among older adults

Anticholinergic medication use and falls in postmenopausal women: findings from the women's health initiative cohort study

Changes in physical functioning among men and women aged 50-79 years in Germany: an analysis of National Health Interview and Examination Surveys, 1997-1999 and 2008-2011

Co-morbidities, complications and causes of death among people with femoral neck fracture - a three-year follow-up study

Comparison of self-reported and performance-based measures of functional ability in elderly patients in an emergency department: implications for selection of clinical outcome measures

Concurrent validity of the Swedish version of the life-space assessment questionnaire

Cost-utility of medication withdrawal in older fallers: results from the improving medication prescribing to reduce risk of FALLs (IMPROveFALL) trial

Effectiveness of a home-based cognitive behavioral program to manage concerns about falls in community-dwelling, frail older people: results of a randomized controlled trial

Erratum to: Effectiveness of a home-based cognitive behavioral program to manage concerns about falls in community-dwelling, frail older people: results of a randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of the Home Environment Assessment for the Visually Impaired (HEAVI): an instrument designed to quantify fall-related hazards in the visually impaired

Exercise and fall prevention self-management to reduce mobility-related disability and falls after fall-related lower limb fracture in older people: protocol for the RESTORE (Recovery Exercises and STepping On afteR fracturE) randomised controlled trial

Fall risk as a function of time after admission to sub-acute geriatric hospital units

Feasibility and cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary home-telehealth intervention programme to reduce falls among elderly discharged from hospital: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Involvement of older people in the development of fall detection systems: a scoping review

Lower-extremity resistance training on unstable surfaces improves proxies of muscle strength, power and balance in healthy older adults: a randomised control trial

Patterns of perspectives on fall-prevention beliefs by community-dwelling older adults: a Q method investigation

Physical, social, psychological and existential trajectories of loss and adaptation towards the end of life for older people living with frailty: a serial interview study

Restricted activity and persistent pain following motor vehicle collision among older adults: a multicenter prospective cohort study

Risk factors for falls in older adults in a South African Urban Community

Strategies to reduce the risk of falling: Cohort study analysis with 1-year follow-up in community dwelling older adults

Study protocol of a randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a primary care intervention using the Nintendo™ Wii console to improve balance and decrease falls in the elderly

The efficacy of treadmill training with and without projected visual context for improving walking ability and reducing fall incidence and fear of falling in older adults with fall-related hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial

The geriatric depression scale and the timed up and go test predict fear of falling in community-dwelling elderly women with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

The impact of preventive measures on the burden of femoral fractures - a modelling approach to estimating the impact of fall prevention exercises and oral bisphosphonate treatment for the years 2014 and 2025

The role of high-intensity physical exercise in the prevention of disability among community-dwelling older people

Unexpected perturbations training improves balance control and voluntary stepping times in older adults - a double blind randomized control trial

Use of the sit-to-stand task to evaluate motor function of older adults using telemetry

Views and experiences of Malaysian older persons about falls and their prevention: a qualitative study

Wrist fractures and their impact in daily living functionality on elderly people: a prospective cohort study

Years of life lost due to lower extremity injury in association with dementia, and care need: a 6-year follow-up population-based study using a multi-state approach among German elderly