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Association between hypnotic medication use and in-hospital falls among older adults: A multicenter landmark analysis

Takuya Nishino, Yoshiaki Kubota, Yasuo Miyagi, Nari Tanabe, Fumiko Yamaguchi, Hiroki Ito, Shizuka Soh, Ayako Yano, Masako Mizuno, Chol Kim, Yosuke Ishii, Yukihiro Kondo, Kuniya Asai

published 08 Jun 2026

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Effects of extra training with active cycle of breathing technique relative to whole-body breathing exercise in older adults with stable COPD

Huiping Lai, Lanzhen Chen, Roger W. Chan, Qiongrong Pan, Qing Chen, Ying Chen, Zhenyu Xie

published 08 Jun 2026

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Prevalence and incidence of balance disorders in community-dwelling older adults: Protocol for the EPIBAS epidemiological balance study

Pilar Montero-Alía, Antonia Fornes-Reynes, M. Carmen Rodríguez-Pérez, Rosalía Dacosta-Aguayo, Ramón Miralles-Basseda, Tamara Jiménez-Pascua, Jofre Pascual-Bielsa, M. José Durá Mata, M. Mercedes Molleda-Marzo, Lucía Ramos-García, Víctor M. López-Linfante, Maria Doladé-Botías, Marta Álvarez-Álvarez, Mercè Jiménez-González, Juan José Montero-Alía, Álvaro Suárez-Hervella, Galadriel Diez-Fadrique, Mireia Moix-Juan Torres, Leila De Gea-Espinosa, Noemí Lamonja-Vicente, Laia Mas-Pons, Claudia León-Prieto, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Josep Maria Manresa-Domínguez, Pere Torán-Monserrat

published 05 Jun 2026

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Social support and health related quality of life among older people in covid-19 pandemic: The mediating role of resilience

Badriyeh Karami, Shahab Rezaeian, Mansour Bagherinia, Ebrahim Shakiba, Raheleh Maleki, Mohammadrasool Ghasemianrad, Amirhossien Naghibzadeh, Hamzeh Zahabi, Hadi Darvishigilan

published 05 Jun 2026

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Winter outdoor thermal comfort of older people with different degrees of frailty: A study in Nanyang city, China’s hot-summer and cold-winter region

Dong Yan, Peng Zhang, Zhiyuan Liu, Ran Chen, Biao Wang

published 03 Jun 2026

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Differences in life expectancy with and without disease using reported, measured, and combined estimates for hypertension and diabetes among older adults in Colombia

Margarita Osuna, Liliana Ruvalcaba, Eileen Crimmins, Carlos Cano, Jennifer Ailshire

published 03 Jun 2026

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Loneliness and coping strategies in older adults in nursing homes in the Northern region of Malaysia: A mixed-method study

Ahmad Zambri Ilham, Mohd Noor Norhayati, Ismail Shaiful Bahari

published 03 Jun 2026

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Effectiveness of a home-based exercise program for improving upper limb function in community-dwelling older people: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Amanda Bates, Cathie Sherrington, Susan Furber, Heidi Gilchrist, Paul van den Dolder, Karen Ginn, Adrian Bauman, Michelle Kershaw, Lisa Franco, Cathy Chittenden, Anne Tiedemann

published 03 Jun 2026

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A low-cost markerless motion capture system to automate functional gait assessment: Feasibility study

Osman Darici, Chanel Cabak, Jeremy D. Wong

published 02 Jun 2026

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Protocol for RETRO-TBI: A prospective cohort study of mild traumatic brain injury in older adults

Jennifer S. Albrecht, Odessa Addison, Neeraj Badjatia, Mary K. Bahr-Robertson, Lynn M. Grattan, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Rosemary Kozar, Jay Magaziner, Denise L. Orwig, Michelle Newman, Deborah Stevens, Emerson M. Wickwire, Yuanyuan Liang

published 01 Jun 2026

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Path analysis of factors associated with nurses’ pain management practices in older adults with cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study

Phichpraorn Youngcharoen, Atsadaporn Niyomyart, Piyawadee Thongyost, Joachim G. Voss

published 01 Jun 2026

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Physical activity and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D1 (GPLD1) plasma levels in different age cohorts

Ghulam Shere Raza, Jari Jokelainen, Ville Stenbäck, Nalini Sodum, Toni Karhu, Dominique D. Gagnon, Juhani Leppäluoto, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Karl-Heinz Herzig

published 01 Jun 2026

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Older age and sex differences in the proportion of vital signs flagged as abnormal

Jean-Philippe Emond, Vincent Weng-Jy Cheung, Ariel Mundo Ortiz, Robert Goulden, Sahar Saeed, Philippe Desmarais, Michaël Chassé, Christina Wolfson, Quoc Dinh Nguyen

published 29 May 2026

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