Risk factors for falls in a longitudinal population-based cohort study of Japanese men and women: The ROAD Study

Risk factors of indoor fall injuries in community-dwelling older women: A prospective cohort study

“…This may be explained with the deterioration of overall health status with age in the US (Grundstrom, Guse, & Layde, 2012). It is found that health status is significantly associated with the indoor falls of women, which resembles with findings in other studies (Bergland et al, 2003;Harwood, 2001;Hill, 2002;Krueger et al, 2001;Muraki et al, 2013). The fall follow-up procedure (3 monthly visits) in this study was less rigorous than the gold standard recommendation of monthly follow-ups (Lamb, Jorstad-Stein, Hauer, Becker, & Prevention of Falls Network Europe and Outcomes Consensus Group, 2005) although reasonable.…”

“…In univariate analyses in the study, we found that women with dementia or rheumatism had higher odds of receiving falls, which were not shown in multiple logistic regression analysis. It may be explained that women having these chronic diseases represent cognitive impairment, knee pain or physical ability, which were regarded as independent risk factors of falls (Almeida, Castro, Pedreira, Heymann, & Szejnfeld, 2011;Chen, Peronto, & Edwards, 2012;Muraki et al, 2013). The number of chronic conditions is found associated with the odds of falls as other studies (Heesch, Byles, & Brown, 2008).…”

“…Age is considered to be associated with greater risk of falls, arguably because of chronic disease and agerelated decline of physical function (Bergland et al, 2003;Biderman, Cwikel, Fried, & Galinsky, 2002;Muraki et al, 2013;Stone et al, 2012;Vellas, Wayne, & Baumgartner, 1998;Yamashita et al, 2012). Fear of fall is significantly associated with indoor falls in the univariate analyses, as shown in a prospective study of patients with Parkinson's disease (Mak & Pang, 2009).…”

Accelerometry-based gait analysis predicts falls among patients with a recent fracture who are ambulatory

“…Gait speed is an important measure in comprehensive geriatric assessment. Slow gait speed is associated with an increased risk of falls (Muraki et al, 2013;Peel et al, 2013). Patients were asked to walk 9 m at their normal speed, with measurements taken only during the middle 5 m (i.e.…”

FRI0581-HPR Falls Associated with Muscle Strength and Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients with Self-Reported Knee Instability

“…However, because of the small number of fallers (n = 31), there was insufficient statistical power to detect an association between muscle strength and falls once considering the strong influence of knee pain on this association. Previous research showed that knee pain in women with knee OA is a risk factor for falls 49 . However, the mechanism by which pain contributes to falls in patients with knee OA is unknown.…”