Keyword

fall prevention

Description: Fall prevention comprises interventions and safety measures intended to reduce the risk of falls in healthcare, rehabilitation, and other settings.

Primary topic: Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (65%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q5432181

OpenAlex ID: keywords/fall-prevention

Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly

2014 · Maarit Kangas, Raija Korpelainen, et al. · Gerontology · 18,909

Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

1988 · Mary E. Tinetti, Mark Speechley, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 6,515

Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study.

2010 · Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline C T Close, et al. · PubMed · 5,362

Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

2012 · Lesley D Gillespie, M Clare Robertson, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 3,960

Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention

2006 · Laurence Z. Rubenstein · Age and Ageing · 3,295

Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults

2007 · Miriam E Nelson, W Jack Rejeski, et al. · Circulation · 3,007

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Postural orientation and equilibrium: what do we need to know about neural control of balance to prevent falls?

2006 · Fay B. Horak · Age and Ageing · 2,770

Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons

2001 · American Geriatrics Society, Geriatrics Society, et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2,244

A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community

1994 · Mary E. Tinetti, Dorothy I. Baker, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2,148

Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults

2007 · MIRIAM E. NELSON, W. JACK REJESKI, et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2,089

Risk factors for falls among older adults: A review of the literature

2013 · Anne Felicia Ambrose, Geet Paul, et al. · Maturitas · 1,893

Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons

2011 · Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1,818

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World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative

2022 · Manuel Montero-Odasso, Nathalie van der Velde, et al. · Age and Ageing · 1,741

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Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons

2003 · Mary E. Tinetti · New England Journal of Medicine · 1,667

Incidence and Mortality of Hip Fractures in the United States

2009 · Carmen A. Brauer · JAMA · 1,658

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Predicting the Probability for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

1997 · Anne Shumway-Cook, Margaret Baldwin, et al. · Physical Therapy · 1,593

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