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'Popping nana back into bed' - a qualitative exploration of paramedic decision making when caring for older people who have fallen

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A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a tailored prevention program to reduce falls in older people with mild dementia

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A home-based, carer-enhanced exercise program improves balance and falls efficacy in community-dwelling older people with dementia

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

A multifactorial approach to understanding fall risk in older people

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A post-hospital home exercise program improved mobility but increased falls in older people: a randomised controlled trial.

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Brain white matter hyperintensities, executive dysfunction, instability, and falls in older people: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Can a tailored exercise and home hazard reduction program reduce the rate of falls in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: protocol paper for the i-FOCIS randomised controlled trial.

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Carotid sinus massage--how safe is it?

scientific article published on 4 July 2006

Comparison of fall-related traumatic brain injury in residential aged care and community-dwelling older people: A population-based study.

scientific article published on June 2017

Dementia and intentional and unintentional poisoning in older people: a 10 year review of hospitalization records in New South Wales, Australia

scientific article published on 04 August 2015

Depressive symptomatology as a risk factor for falls in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Depressive symptoms increase fall risk in older people, independent of antidepressant use, and reduced executive and physical functioning

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

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

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Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) for use in primary care

scientific article published in June 2004

Effective exercise for the prevention of falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on December 2008

Emergency care of older people who fall: a missed opportunity

scientific article published on December 2006

Environmental interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older people: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on January 2008

Exercise and Sports Science Australia position statement on exercise and falls prevention in older people

scientific article published on 14 May 2011

Exercise and fall prevention self-management to reduce mobility-related disability and falls after fall-related lower limb fracture in older people: protocol for the RESTORE (Recovery Exercises and STepping On afteR fracturE) randomised controlled t

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Exercise for falls prevention in Parkinson disease: a randomized controlled trial.

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Exercise for falls prevention in older people: assessing the knowledge of exercise science students

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Exercise therapy for prevention of falls in people with Parkinson's disease: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

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Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Fall assessment in older people.

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Fall-related hip fracture hospitalisations and the prevalence of dementia within older people in New South Wales, Australia: an analysis of linked data.

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Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

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Falls incidence, risk factors, and consequences in Chinese older people: a systematic review.

scientific article published on March 2011

Gait impairment and falls in cognitively impaired older adults: an explanatory model of sensorimotor and neuropsychological mediators.

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Good memory as a predictor of falls: fact or artefact

scientific article published on 8 February 2012

High arterial pulse wave velocity is a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older people

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people

scientific article published on June 2007

How can you prevent falls and subsequent fractures?

scientific article published on December 2013

Impact of white matter lesions on physical functioning and fall risk in older people: a systematic review

scientific article published on 02 June 2011

Incidence, circumstances, treatment and outcome of high-level cervical spinal fracture without associated spinal cord injury in New South Wales, Australia over a 12 year period.

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

Intervention to prevent further falls in older people who call an ambulance as a result of a fall: a protocol for the iPREFER randomised controlled trial.

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Mild cognitive impairment as a predictor of falls in community-dwelling older people

scientific article published in October 2012

Minimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital exercise program: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

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Multifactorial and functional mobility assessment tools for fall risk among older adults in community, home-support, long-term and acute care settings

scientific article published on 10 February 2007

Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

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Neuropsychological, physical, and functional mobility measures associated with falls in cognitively impaired older adults

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Pain and anxiety mediate the relationship between dizziness and falls in older people

scientific article published on 25 January 2013

Paradoxical vasodilation during lower body negative pressure in patients with vasodepressor carotid sinus syndrome

scientific article published in June 2003

Prevention of falls in older people

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Reaction Time and Postural Sway Modify the Effect of Executive Function on Risk of Falls in Older People with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Risk factors associated with residential aged care, respite and transitional aged care admission for older people following an injury-related hospitalisation

scientific article published on 04 June 2017

Self-reported chronic pain is associated with physical performance in older people leaving aged care rehabilitation

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

Sub-cortical infarcts and the risk of falls in older people: combined results of TASCOG and Sydney MAS studies

scientific article published on 8 April 2014

Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pra

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Systematic review of non-transportation rates and outcomes for older people who have fallen after ambulance service call-out.

scientific article published on 17 April 2013

Tailored multifactorial intervention to improve dizziness symptoms and quality of life, balance and gait in dizziness sufferers aged over 50 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study

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The ReSPonD trial--rivastigmine to stabilise gait in Parkinson's disease a phase II, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effect of rivastigmine on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease who have fallen

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The epidemiology of hospitalised wrist fractures in older people, New South Wales, Australia

scientific article published in November 2006

The increasing burden of pelvic fractures in older people, New South Wales, Australia

scientific article published in November 2005

The role of cognitive function and physical activity in physical decline in older adults across the cognitive spectrum

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

The role of concern about falling on stepping performance during complex activities

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Traumatic brain injury in older adults: characteristics, causes and consequences

scientific article published on August 11, 2012

Validation of the Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale in cognitively impaired older people.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

What is the role of falls?

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White matter hyperintensities and impaired choice stepping reaction time in older people

scientific article published on 22 January 2011

White matter hyperintensities are an independent predictor of physical decline in community-dwelling older people

scientific article published on 16 May 2012