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Untangling the concepts of disability, frailty, and comorbidity: implications for improved …

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LP Fried, L Ferrucci, J Darer, JD Williamson, … - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and …, 2004 - Geron Soc America
Three terms are commonly used interchangeably to identify vulnerable older
adults: comorbidity, or multiple chronic conditions, frailty, and disability.
However, in geriatric medicine, there is a growing consensus that these are ...
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Fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults

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P Kannus, J Parkkari, S Koskinen, S Niemi, M … - Jama, 1999 - Am Med Assoc
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Development and evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool (STRATIFY) to predict …

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D Oliver, M Britton, P Seed, FC Martin, AH … - British Medical Journal, 1997 - bmj.com
Successful rehabilitation to minimise long term disability of elderly people
requires that staff aim to reduce patients' dependency and to increase their
autonomy during recovery from acute illness when it is associated with ...
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Fall and injury prevention in older people living in residential care facilities: a cluster …

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J Jensen, L Lundin-Olsson, L Nyberg, Y … - Annals of internal medicine, 2002 - Am Coll Physicians
Background: Falls and resulting injuries are particularly com- mon in older
people living in residential care facilities, but knowl- edge about the
prevention of falls is limited. Objective: To investigate whether a ...
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Effects of a group exercise program on strength, mobility, and falls among fall-prone elderly …


LZ Rubenstein, KR Josephson, PR Trueblood, … - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and …, 2000 - Geron Soc America
Results. Exercisers showed significant improvement in measures of endurance and
gait. Isokinetic endurance increased 21% for right knee flexion and 26% for
extension. Exercisers had a 10% increase ( p < .05) in distance walked in ...
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[PDF] Epidemiology of falls


T Masud, RO Morris - Age and ageing, 2001 - Br Geriatrics Soc
Falls in older people are a major public health concern in terms of morbidity,
mortality and the cost to health and social services [1]. This epidemiological
review of falls concentrates on four main components. Firstly, different ...
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Effect of four-month vertical whole body vibration on performance and balance

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S Torvinen, P Kannus, H Sievänen… - Medicine & science in sports & exercise, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Cited Here...: Fifty-six volunteers (21 men and 35 women, aged 19-38 yr) were
randomized to either the vibration group or control group. The
vibration-intervention consisted of a 4-month whole body vibration training ...
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A higher dose of vitamin D reduces the risk of falls in nursing home residents: a randomized, …


KE Broe, TC Chen, J Weinberg, HA Bischoff- … - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2007 - phx1.medscape.com
Elderly nursing home residents have a high risk of falls [1] and fracture [2]
and are often deficient in vitamin D. [3-5] In the United States, approximately
1.6 million people lived in nursing homes in 1999, and 46% of these ...
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A randomized trial of exercise programs among older individuals living in two long-term care …


NMPPJM Bayles, FJ D'Amico, GC Colvin - Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 2001 - interscience.wiley.com
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Psychotropic drugs and risk of recurrent falls in ambulatory nursing home residents


PB Thapa, P Gideon, RL Fought, WA Ray - American journal of epidemiology, 1995 - Oxford Univ Press
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