Discover how a balance test can predict fall risk in older adults and potentially save lives with simple 23-second ...

The scenario is common. An elderly person seems to be in good health until one day they suffer a fall, and from then on their ...

Proposed legislation making two "critical changes" to the Medicare program could save millions of dollars annually by preventing hospitalizations for older adults who fall, according to professional ...

A review that examined fall risk assessment tools for hospitalized older adults was somewhat inconclusive. Because of data limitations in the studies assessed, it was not clear which tools work best.

An aging society has posed a new global problem, the risk of falling ... have developed a formula and assessment tool for ...

Considering these 10 risk ... Every fall warrants a postfall assessment to determine the cause or causes of the fall. Unfortunately, there are no comprehensive postfall assessment tools in the ...

The null hypothesis for this study is: poor neuromuscular control does not predispose an athlete to an increased risk of ... qualitative assessment tool (QASLS) proposed by Herrington et al 3 was used ...

Purpose. The influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients was evaluated. Methods. In this retrospective case–control study, psychiatric inpatients age 18 years ...

Now, Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a breakthrough device that could help predict who's most at risk for dangerous ... fatalities and serious injuries than falls on level ground.

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing drugs, according to a new study. The study is published in the November ...