biomechanical studies for understanding falls in older adults

... strength in community-residing older adults Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 70(2), 113–119 Lahtinen, U., Rintala, P., & Malin, A (2007) Physical performance of individuals with intellectual ... provided information on how often the participants fell in the last three months (not fallen, 1–2 falls, 3–5 falls, 6–10 falls, 11 falls or more) before the baseline measurements We chose for a ... subgroups than those performing these tests In our study, falls at baseline were an important predictor for future falls This has also been found to be an important predictor for falls in the general...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:24

... on her leg Therefore, the fluvoxamine was increased to 100 mg (twice a day), since there were no gastrointestinal side effects At days after the first treatment, fluvoxamine was increased to 150 ... centre for older patients for years The patient was diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm, and was a candidate for surgery He underwent the operation using a custom-made stent graft for abdominal ... efficacy for the treatment of postoperative delirium in patients Recent findings suggest that sigma-1 receptors might be involved in the different mechanisms of some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Six studies examined frail older subjects living in senior housing facilities [1,7,8,11,13,19] Six other studies examined healthy community-dwelling older adults [6,9,14–16,18] and three studies ... significant increase in the risk of falls when subjects had changes in gait or attention-demanding task performance whilst dual tasking, this is particularly obvious in prospective studies 793 formance ... paradigm did not bring any additional information compared to the ambulation time under single task, i.e walking alone [18,19] Three studies did not find that changes in gait whilst performing a cognitive...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:16

... and training for technical and mobility aids was effective in reducing the rate of falls in community-dwelling older adults at high-risk for falling.67 Falls were also reduced in older adults ... information on hazard reduction and installation of safety devices was ineffective in reducing falls in older adults, and this failure was attributed to its C Enderlin et al / Geriatric Nursing ... remained within the home.69 Including home hazard education and modification in multifactorial health promotion home programs also resulted in reduced overall falls and indoor falls for older adults, ...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:17

... of falls in community-dwelling older adults. 33 In this systematic review, we identified 31 unique studies examining falls in older adults with cancer Our review suggests that falls in older adults ... aging The rising incidence of cancer, coupled with the aging of the population will result in an anticipated 67% increase in the incidence of cancer in older adults by 2030.4 With the rising incidence ... ongoing in older adults with cancer; in a prospective cohort of older adults receiving chemotherapy, one in five of older adults developed new dependence in their activities of daily living between...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:18

... review of falls interventions in community dwelling older adults [13] Please cite this article in press as: Stubbs B, et al What works to prevent falls in older adults dwelling in long term care ... sought to reduce falls in older adults dwelling in LTCF or delivered in hospitals were included More specifically, meta-analyses had to meet the following criteria: Population: Older adults (mean ... systematic reviews including meta-analyses of RCTs that sought to prevent falls in older adults dwelling in LTCF of hospital settings Meta-analyses of RCTs that investigated any intervention that...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:27

... guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales for the assessment and prevention of falls, including recurrent falls in older people; with an associated clinical audit system Clinical need Falls ... PREVENTION OF FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE concealed (Crotty 2002; Ebrahim 1997; Rubinstein 1990; Shaw 2003) In the remaining five studies, information was inadequate to judge concealment (Close 1999; Kingston ... 1999) Settings The 13 included studies involved a total of 6,849 older people in residential settings or community dwelling Within these, three studies were in a community-dwelling setting (one...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

... reported difficulty in the last three months with each of the following: stair climbing, rising from a chair, standing and walking; ii) swelling, pain or stiffness in any joint lasting at least six ... missing information were retained in the analyses by including a separate ‘missing’ category Adjusted models included interactions between the MH subscale score and other covariates, allowing ... related to greater OA pain Depressed mood in the setting of chronic pain has been linked with greater pain intensity, anxiety[35], sleep disturbances, decreased energy, decline in cognitive function...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... multifaceted intervention on falls in nursing home residents J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:306–13 38 Jensen J, Lundin-Olsson L, Nyberg L, Gustafson Y Fall and injury prevention in older people living in residential ... EN, Kenny RA Incidence and prediction of falls in dementia: A prospective study in older people PLoS One 2009;4:e5521 Harlein J, Dassen T, Halfens RJ, Heinze C Fall risk factors in older people ... on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons J Am...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:43

... not original studies n=1091 Original studies about risk factors for falls in older people n =356 Excluded accordingto the inclusion criterian=332 Articles included in the final sample formetaanalysis ... factors for falls in older NHR and HI using appropriate metaanalytic techniques to obtain quantitative summary estimates We found ORs around 2–3 for history of falls in both settings, and for use ... Fig Forest plots for age, history of falls, walking aid use and moderate disability in NHR and for age and history of falls in hospital elderly inpatients estimates for which the confounding...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:00

... consequences of falls in independent community-dwelling older adults Age Ageing 1997;26: 261e268 Rubenstein L Falls in older people: Epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention Age Ageing 2006;35:37e41 ... baseline HR]) were used to determine the physiological effort for the walking tasks An RPE was obtained at the beginning and end of each fatigue walking trial using a modified Borg 10-point scale ... performed Fatigue during walking was elicited by increasing the treadmill incline in increments of 2 (from level) every minute to a maximum of 8 Participants were allowed to rest for minutes between...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:27

... other signaling intermediaries There is also evidence for an autocrine- or paracrine-mediated activation of glucose transport [32] Our findings suggest an insulin-independent mechanism for glucose ... immunohistochemistry In contrast, we did not find a significant increase in GLUT4 expression after resistance training This finding was also confirmed by immunohistochemistry, showing GLUT4 containing vesicles ... hSGLT3 in skeletal muscle If in fact exercise training increases SGLT-mediated glucose transport, the novel findings of this investigation would provide preliminary information on a possible physiological...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:08

... database containing the names of older adults interested in clinical trials research, and advertisements placed in the local newspaper We were primarily interested in targeting older adults with ... life in older adults Moreover, a recent comprehensive review of 62 trials examining the effects of ST on physical disability in older adults concluded that ST had no influence on pain, a global index ... Training 1,2 0.5 Power Training 1,2 -0.5 SWL SPF SE Figure well-being for pre to Effect sizesoutcomes post intervention changes in subjective Effect sizes for pre to post intervention changes in...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... are not known Such information would help to establish the extent to which older adults maintain or regain their desired levels of function in everyday life – despite an increasing frequency of ... age for the remaining aspects of life (looking after dependents, work, education) Onset was more frequent in women than in men for two aspects of life (mobility outside the home, interpersonal interaction) ... women in this age-group with a baseline restriction continued to indicate restriction at three-year follow-up Older adults who were already experiencing restriction in one aspect of life at baseline...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... consequently diminish quality of life in older adults In older adults, chronic conditions have been associated with an increased risk for a variety of secondary health issues including medical conditions, ... mobility in older adults via mechanisms such as improved muscle strength and postural balance but also indirectly by, for example, reducing the risk for falls and fractures [34,35] Maintaining the ... outcomes in older adults by: 1) maintaining or augmenting physiological functions (e.g., prevention of sarcopenia); 2) reducing the likelihood of acquiring additional chronic conditions; 3) delaying...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... adjusting for gender and hypertension Discussion The primary findings of this investigation were that healthy older adults who participated in regular physical activity of at least moderate intensity ... 2010: Understanding and Improving Health 2nd edition Washington, D.C.: U.S Government Printing Office; 2000:8-11 Rejeski WJ, Mihalko SL: Physical activity and quality of life in older adults ... study extends these findings by showing that the less-structured and less-intense nature of physical activity is positively related to multiple domains of HRQL in healthy, older adults An active...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... epidemiological surveys? Baseline findings from a British survey of ageing Age Ageing 2006, 35:607-14 Bowling A: Perceptions of active ageing in Britain: divergences between minority ethnic and whole ... successful ageing into a single linear multiple regression analysis, due to overlap between their items, compromising their independence First, in order to examine their contribution to explained variation ... encouraging uptake of preventive care, or modifying lifestyles For example, the US Centre for Disease Control focuses its efforts on improving QoL by promoting healthy lifestyle, behaviors, increasing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... pain does increase with age in subjects in all study groups, there was no progressive increase in musculoskeletal pain in older adults who participated in regular vigorous exercise, including ... exercise, including running, compared with those who did not Initial differences favoring exercisers were shown to be maintained over time As pain and disability are linked, our findings add to the evidence ... pain and pain coping strategies? Clin J Pain 1999, 15:31-40 Fries JF, Singh G, Morfeld D, O'Driscoll P, Hubert H: Relationship of running to musculoskeletal pain with age A six-year longitudinal...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... risk factors, using cut points that were originally developed using data on incident CHD from the Framingham study A global CVD risk score ranging from -17 to +22 was obtained by adding the subscores ... cost-effective regimen in preventing or delaying cardiovascular events in older adults Use of the diuretic-based therapy is the most cost-effective in patients at high risk for developing cardiovascular ... $6,372 to $38,667 in older adults with isolated systolic hypertension According to the cost ratio, it indicates that the costs of the year NNT of using enalapril, terazosin, and nifedipine were up...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... ranging in age from 25 to 75 Together, these findings call for a validation study of the PACES in a sample of older adults 5 To date, no version of the PACES has been tested for longitudinal invariance ... smwhite@illinois.edu, aszabo2@illinois.edu, wojcicki@illinois.edu, eklamm@illinois.edu, gothe1@illinois.edu, fanning4@illinois.edu, akramer@illinois.edu, emcauley@illinois.edu Department of Kinesiology ... psychometricians [37, 39, 40] Invariance Testing After structural validity at time was determined, group invariance and longitudinal invariance were examined Invariance testing involves the sequential...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20