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BMC geriatrics

Journal Volume: 15
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2015
Articles in SafetyLit: 19

"We are all one together": peer educators' views about falls prevention education for community-dwelling older adults - a qualitative study

Age-dependent visual exploration during simulated day- and night driving on a motorway: a cross-sectional study

Associations between vertebral fractures, increased thoracic kyphosis, a flexed posture and falls in older adults: a prospective cohort study

Derivation of a frailty index from the interRAI acute care instrument

Description of spatio-temporal gait parameters in elderly people and their association with history of falls: results of the population-based cross-sectional KORA-Age study

Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial

Economic evaluation of a group-based exercise program for falls prevention among the older community-dwelling population

Effects of physical exercise interventions in frail older adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Effects of two exercise protocols on postural balance of elderly women: a randomized controlled trial

Excessive daytime sleepiness and falls among older men and women: cross-sectional examination of a population-based sample

Factors associated with lower gait speed among the elderly living in a developing country: a cross-sectional population-based study

Factors associated with recognition and prioritization for falling, and the effect on fall incidence in community dwelling older adults

Frailty predicts short-term incidence of future falls among British community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial

Fried phenotype of frailty: cross-sectional comparison of three frailty stages on various health domains

Identification of gait domains and key gait variables following hip fracture

Longitudinal follow-up study on fear of falling during and after rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities

Novel use of the Nintendo Wii board as a measure of reaction time: a study of reproducibility in older and younger adults

Prevalence and correlates of frailty among older adults: findings from the German health interview and examination survey

Purchasing and using personal emergency response systems (PERS): how decisions are made by community-dwelling seniors in Canada