Papers on injurious falls

331 papers8 new in 30 days

Saturday, January 3

GSA 2025 AbstractJan 3

Gerontologizing the Learning Health System – The Electronic Frailty Index as a Passive Digital Marker for Frailty

Cohort study in peopleElectronic frailty index

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Monday, December 29

Clinical GerontologistDec 29

Modified Fall Risk Appraisal Matrix and Mental Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Cross-sectional study of 181 peopleBiomarkers

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Friday, December 26

AAIC 2025 AbstractDec 26

Rethinking the role of ambulatory activity in falls risk in aged residential care: influence of physical capacity and cognitive impairment

Cohort study of 281 peoplePopulations

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Wednesday, December 24

BMC GeriatricsDec 24

Treadmill perturbation-based balance training to prevent unrecovered falls in fall-prone older adults with and without cognitive impairment: protocol for the multi-center randomized controlled TRAIL study

Study protocolInterventions

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Tuesday, December 23

AAIC 2025 AbstractDec 23

Rethinking the role of ambulatory activity in falls risk in aged residential care: influence of physical capacity and cognitive impairment

Cohort study of 281 peoplePopulations

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Friday, November 28

PharmacotherapyNov 28

Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Injurious Fall Risk Among Older Adults With Depression: A Prognostic Modeling Study

Cohort study of 274,268 peopleDepression

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Saturday, November 1

European Journal of Medical ResearchNov 1

Association between chronic pain severity, falls, frailty and perceived health in older adults at risk of falls

Cross-sectional study of 143 peoplePopulations

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Thursday, October 16

The Journal of the Association of Physicians of IndiaOct 16

Frailty and the Fall: Unveiling the Burden of Falls among the Elderly in the Urban Slums of Siliguri

Cross-sectional study of 207 peoplePopulations

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Wednesday, October 15

Journal of the American College of CardiologyOct 15

Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Frailty: A Post Hoc Analysis From ESPRIT

Randomized trial in 11,255 peopleIntensive blood pressure control

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Saturday, September 27

TrialsSep 27

PReventing Injury in Skilled nursing facilities through optimizing Medications (PRISM), a protocol for a cluster randomized trial to reduce injurious falls in post-acute care

Study protocolInterventions

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Thursday, September 18

Age and AgeingSep 18

Synergistic effects of exercise, cognitive training and vitamin D on gait performance and falls in mild cognitive impairment-secondary outcomes from the SYNERGIC trial

Randomized trial in 161 peopleVitamin D

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Wednesday, September 17

The Lancet RheumatologySep 17

The global, regional, and national burden attributable to low bone mineral density, 1990-2020: an analysis of a modifiable risk factor from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Computational studyBones and joints

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Monday, September 1

Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationSep 1

Mitigating Hip Injuries in High-Risk Older Adults: Clinical Evidence Supporting FDA Approval of a Novel Wearable Airbag Belt

Non-randomized trial in peopleInterventions

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Friday, August 8

medRxivAug 8

Fall Injury Avoidance Strategy Scale (FIAS) - Development and Validation of a Scale to Quantify Fall-Related Protective Movements

Preprint: cohort study of 23 peopleBiomarkers

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Friday, July 25

medRxivJul 25

Perturbation-Based Balance Training Reduces Falls and Fall Injuries in Older People: Insights on Mechanisms and Optimal Training Parameters from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Preprint: meta-analysis of randomized trialsFall-related injuries

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Tuesday, July 1

The Journal of Foot and Ankle SurgeryJul 1

How does total ankle arthroplasty affect fall risk?: A nationwide database study of 130,982 older adults with ankle osteoarthritis

Cohort study of 130,982 peopleOsteoarthritis

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Friday, June 27

SensorsJun 27

Gait Metrics in Elderly Fallers and Non-Fallers with Varying Levels of Glaucoma: A Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study

Cohort study in peopleGlaucoma

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Friday, June 13

Journal of Geriatric OncologyJun 13

Association of intraindividual variability in simple reaction time with balance and falls in older cancer survivors: A secondary analysis

Cross-sectional study of 50 peopleCancer

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Thursday, May 29

Age and AgeingMay 29

The association between STOPPFall medication use and falls and fractures in community-dwelling older people

Cohort study of 2,898 peopleFractures

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Saturday, May 24

Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchMay 24

Effects of cocoa extract supplementation and multivitamin/multimineral supplements on self-reported fractures in the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamins Outcomes Study randomized clinical trial

Randomized trial in 21,442 peopleFractures

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Friday, May 16

The Journal of Frailty & AgingMay 16

The relationship between glaucoma and an electronic frailty index with the cumulative incidence of healthcare encounters for falls and fractures in older adults

Cohort study in peopleElectronic frailty index

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Friday, May 2

JMIR Research ProtocolsMay 2

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Maximize Hip Abductor Strength and Reduce Fall Risk in Older Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Study protocolInterventions

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Thursday, April 17

The Journals of Gerontology, Series AApr 17

Strategies to Minimize Fall-related Injuries in Older Adults at Risk of Falls: The Falling Safely Training Study

Randomized trial in 24 peopleInterventions

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Monday, March 31

Journal of Medical Internet ResearchMar 31

Effectiveness of the Safe Step Digital Exercise Program to Prevent Falls in Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial

Randomized trial in 1,628 peopleInterventions

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Thursday, March 27

Age and AgeingMar 27

Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries

Cohort study of 403 peopleBiomarkers

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Monday, March 17

Aging Clinical and Experimental ResearchMar 17

Fruit and vegetable consumption and injurious falls among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries

Cross-sectional study of 34,129 peoplePopulations

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Monday, March 3

Biomedical Engineering LettersMar 3

The effect of age on ankle versus hip proprioceptive contribution in balance recovery: application of vibratory stimulation for altering proprioceptive performance

Non-randomized trial in peopleMechanisms

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Friday, February 7

BMC GeriatricsFeb 7

Association of lower-limb strength with different fall histories or prospective falls in community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meta-analysis of observational studiesLower-limb strength

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Thursday, January 30

American Journal of Preventive MedicineJan 30

Physical Activity and Falls From Midlife: Patterns and Bidirectional Associations

Cohort study of 11,759 peoplePopulations

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Wednesday, January 1

GSA 2024 AbstractJan 1

FALL RISK FACTORS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: AN UMBRELLA REVIEW OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Systematic review of observational studiesPopulations

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