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Should prevention of falls start earlier? Co-ordinated analyses of harmonised data on falls in middle-aged adults across four population-based cohort studies

Geeske Peeters, Natasja M. van Schoor, Rachel Cooper, Leigh Tooth, Rose Anne Kenny

published 07 Aug 2018

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Individually-tailored multifactorial intervention to reduce falls in the Malaysian Falls Assessment and Intervention Trial (MyFAIT): A randomized controlled trial

Pey June Tan, Ee Ming Khoo, Karuthan Chinna, Nor I’zzati Saedon, Mohd Idzwan Zakaria, Ahmad Zulkarnain Ahmad Zahedi, Norlina Ramli, Nurliza Khalidin, Mazlina Mazlan, Kok Han Chee, Imran Zainal Abidin, Nemala Nalathamby, Sumaiyah Mat, Mohamad Hasif Jaafar, Hui Min Khor, Norfazilah Mohamad Khannas, Lokman Abdul Majid, Kit Mun Tan, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Philip Poi, Karen Morgan, Keith D. Hill, Lynette MacKenzie, Maw Pin Tan

published 03 Aug 2018

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A quasi-experimental evaluation of compliant flooring in a residential care setting

Johanna Gustavsson, Carl Bonander, Finn Nilson

published 26 Jul 2018

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Predicting mortality with the international classification of disease injury severity score using survival risk ratios derived from an Indian trauma population: A cohort study

Jonatan Attergrim, Mattias Sterner, Alice Claeson, Satish Dharap, Amit Gupta, Monty Khajanchi, Vineet Kumar, Martin Gerdin Wärnberg

published 27 Jun 2018

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Medio-lateral stability during walking turns in older adults

David Conradsson, Caroline Paquette, Erika Franzén

published 05 Jun 2018

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Local dynamic stability during gait for predicting falls in elderly people: A one-year prospective study

Lucia Bizovska, Zdenek Svoboda, Miroslav Janura, Maria Cristina Bisi, Nicolas Vuillerme

published 10 May 2018

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The effects of unexpected mechanical perturbations during treadmill walking on spatiotemporal gait parameters, and the dynamic stability measures by which to quantify postural response

Forough Madehkhaksar, Jochen Klenk, Kim Sczuka, Katharina Gordt, Itshak Melzer, Michael Schwenk

published 19 Apr 2018

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Age-specific characterization of spinal cord injuries over a 19-year period at a Japanese rehabilitation center

Mitsunori Toda, Eiji Nakatani, Kaoru Omae, Masanori Fukushima, Takaaki Chin

published 29 Mar 2018

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Body configuration at first stepping-foot contact predicts backward balance recovery capacity in people with chronic stroke

Digna de Kam, Jolanda M. B. Roelofs, Alexander C. H. Geurts, Vivian Weerdesteyn

published 22 Feb 2018

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Injury mechanisms, patterns and outcomes of older polytrauma patients—An analysis of the Dutch Trauma Registry

Rob de Vries, Inge H. F. Reininga, Oliver Pieske, Rolf Lefering, Mostafa El Moumni, Klaus Wendt

published 05 Jan 2018

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Associations between self-reported lifetime history of traumatic brain injuries and current disability assessment in a population sample of Canadian adults

Gabriela Ilie, Edward M. Adlaf, Robert E. Mann, Anca Ialomiteanu, Hayley Hamilton, Jürgen Rehm, Mark Asbridge, Michael D. Cusimano

published 05 Jan 2018

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On the validity and consistency of misjudgment of stepping ability in young and older adults

Nick Kluft, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Roel H. A. Weijer, Jaap H. van Dieën, Mirjam Pijnappels

published 21 Dec 2017

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Patients with chronic peripheral vestibular hypofunction compared to healthy subjects exhibit differences in gaze and gait behaviour when walking on stairs and ramps

Jaap Swanenburg, Edith Bäbler, Rolf Adelsberger, Dominik Straumann, Eling D. de Bruin

published 18 Dec 2017

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