Falls occur more often with advancing age. Each year, approximately 30% to 40% of people
aged 65 years and older who live in the community fall. 1 Roughly half of all falls Disclaimer …

This systematic review update includes 54 randomised controlled trials and confirms that
exercise as a single intervention can prevent falls (pooled rate ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.77 …

This paper describes an approach that we have evolved for developing successful digital
interventions to help people manage their health or illness. We refer to this as the “person …

Background and Purpose: Exercise participation and adherence in older people is often low.
The integration of technology-based exercise programs may have a positive effect on …

Most qualitative research had its origins in philosophical traditions such as phenomenology,
pragmatism, and constructivism, which argue that all the knowledge that we can obtain (both …

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury is of particular concern in the older population. We
aimed to examine the trends in hospitalisations, causes and consequences of TBI in older …

Background Over recent years a number of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) have emerged aiming at falls prevention, falls detection and alarms for use in case of …

Background: randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of fall prevention conducted in community
settings have recently been systematically reviewed. Objective: to augment this review by …

Objectives To describe the incidence and extent of lying on the floor for a long time after
being unable to get up from a fall among people aged over 90; to explore their use of call …

Objectives To determine the long‐term effects of three strength and balance exercise
interventions on physical performance, fall‐related psychological outcomes, and falls in …