Fall risk: the clinical relevance of falls and how to integrate fall risk with fracture risk

Peeters, Geeske; Schoor, Natasja M. van; Lips, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.berh.2009.09.004

Cited by 67 publications

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“…The 30-s chair stand test is also associated with fall risk and functional ability in older adults [26] and thus clinically is used to assist prediction of future fracture risk. Calcium (mg) and vitamin D (IU) intakes were measured (32) 50-59 (13) 60-69 (10) 70-79 (7) 80- (2) Control ( 45) 50-59 (18) 60-69 (16) 70-79 (10) 80- (1) Declined (20) Control (11) Unable to commit time/ unwilling to attend (11) Fracture (9) Unable to commit time/unwilling to attend (9) Ineligible (69)…”

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“…Clinically, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the current standard method used for diagnosis of osteoporosis and estimated fracture risk [5,6]; however, many fractures occur in women who are not osteoporotic when diagnosed by low areal bone mineral density (aBMD) [7][8][9]. Although osteoporosis diagnosis and fracture risk assessment are based on femoral neck aBMD derived T-scores [6], site-specific aBMD measurement from the distal radius has provided the strongest prediction of wrist fracture risk [8].…”

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Bone strength and muscle properties in postmenopausal women with and without a recent distal radius fracture

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Bone strength and muscle properties in postmenopausal women with and without a recent distal radius fracture

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“…26 No Brasil, a cada ano, o SUS tem gastos crescentes com medicamentos, consultas médicas, tratamentos e reabilitações para o grupo etário que sofreu quedas. Em 2009, foram R$57,61 milhões com internações, R$24,77 milhões com medicamentos para o tratamento de osteoporose e quase R$81 milhões com as fraturas em idosos.…”

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Quedas: conceitos, frequências e aplicações à assistência ao idoso. Revisão da literatura

Falsarella

Gasparotto

Coimbra

2014

Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

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ResumoRealizou-se revisão da literatura sobre quedas em idosos de comunidade, identificando prevalência, fatores de risco e consequências associadas ao cair, bem como triagem, avaliação e medidas preventivas às quedas na velhice. Foram selecionadas publicações indexadas nas bases de dados Medical Literature Analysis e Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), por meio do PubMed; Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), relativas ao período de 2008 a 2012, sendo analisadas 41 referências. As evidências levantadas neste estudo destacam as quedas como condição de grande complexidade e que impõe grande desafio para idosos e profissionais da saúde. Ressalta-se a importância da identificação e do manejo dos fatores determinantes e das consequências associadas ao cair, juntamente com o delineamento de estratégias preventivas multifatoriais frente aos idosos vulneráveis ao cair e entre os idosos com história de quedas recorrentes. AbstractA review of the literature on falls in community-dwelling elderly was conducted, identifying prevalence, risk factors and consequences associated to falls, as well as screening, assessment and preventive measures to falls in old age. We selected publications indexed in the following data bases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), both consulted through PubMed; (Lilacs) Latin-American and Caribean Science of Health) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), from 2008 to 2012; 41 references were analyzed. The evidences surveyed in this study highlight falls as a condition of great complexity that imposes great challenge for elderly and health professionals. We emphasize the importance of identification and management of determinant factors and consequences associated with falls, coupled with the design of multifactorial preventive strategies for elderly vulnerable to falls and among those with history of recurrent falls.Palavras-chave: Idoso. Acidentes por Quedas. Prevenção.

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“…It is attracting more and more attention since late 1980s, the number of publications on this subject keeps rising steeply since then. According to these publications [9], annually about 30% of people of 65 years and older living in the community fall once and 15% fall twice or more times. The consequences of falling are quite severe, it can lead to decreased physical functioning, loss of independence, nursing home admittance and even death.…”

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Robotics enabled in-home environment screening for fall risks

Jagtap

Long

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Mobile Augmented Reality and Robotic Technology-Based Systems

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Fall risks present in living environment are the leading cause of mortality in older adults. Falling on the floor may cause great harm to older people living alone, which in many cases goes unnoticed for several days until the symptoms become severe. Limited number of trained professionals to assess a house for fall risks and higher costs make the prevention of fall risks inaccessible to many necessitous patients. Removing these potential risk factors can provide older adults a safer living condition for their daily activities. This paper presents the design of a robot control system for in-home environment screening. This system is designed to be capable of supporting both manual and autonomous fall-risk assessment. The developed system allows a teleoperator to assess a house remotely along with capabilities to measure distance between 2 objects, assessing lighting conditions, and interacting with the patient using telepresence.

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Fall risk: the clinical relevance of falls and how to integrate fall risk with fracture risk

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Bone strength and muscle properties in postmenopausal women with and without a recent distal radius fracture

Bone strength and muscle properties in postmenopausal women with and without a recent distal radius fracture

Quedas: conceitos, frequências e aplicações à assistência ao idoso. Revisão da literatura

Robotics enabled in-home environment screening for fall risks

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