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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 16

Argentine tango reduces fall risk in Parkinson's patients

Development of a frailty phenotype questionnaire for use in screening community-dwelling older adults

Effectiveness of hip protectors to reduce risk for hip fracture from falls in long-term care

Home-based gait speed assessment: normative data and racial/ethnic correlates among older adults

Motoric cognitive risk syndrome and risk for falls, their recurrence, and postfall fractures: results from a prospective observational population-based cohort study

Post-acute care for older people following injury: a randomized controlled trial

Predicting first-time injurious falls in older men and women living in the community: development of the first injurious fall screening tool

Predictors of incident fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults

Prevalence and impact of functional and psychosocial problems in hospitalized adults: a prospective cohort study

Risk factors for poor functional recovery, mortality, recurrent fractures, and falls among patients participating in a fracture liaison service program

Severe apathy as a risk factor for falls in older adults with frailty symptoms

Severe fear of falling is associated with cognitive decline in older adults: a 3-year prospective study

The clinical potential of frailty indicators on identifying recurrent fallers in the community: the Mr. Os and Ms. OS Cohort Study in Hong Kong

The Multidimensional Prognostic Index predicts falls in older people: an 8-year longitudinal cohort study of the Osteoarthritis Initiative

The temporal trend in the transfer of older adults to the emergency department for traumatic injuries: a retrospective analysis according to their place of residence

Vitamin D supplementation for extraskeletal indications in older persons