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Measures of postural stability are not predictors of recovery from large postural disturbances in health older adults

Article Abstract:

Research into the relationship between postural steadiness and balance recovery ability in aged adults is presented. Results indicate balance recovery is independent from postural steadiness and therefore not a predictor of those who might suffer from falls.

Author: Owings, Tammy M., Pavol, Michael J., Foley, Kevin T., Grabiner, Mark D.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
Health aspects, Equilibrium (Physiology)

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The sex and age of older adults influence the outcome of induced trips

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Research indicates that most healthy elderly people do not fall as a result of a trip. Older women aged under 70 are over three times more likely to fall than the more elderly women, although in studies women were found to be over four times more likely to fall following a trip than men. Age was not found to be an influential factor in the falling activities of men. Gait was virtually unaffected by the presence of a safety harness.

Author: Owings, Tammy M., Pavol, Michael J., Foley, Kevin T., Grabiner, Mark D.
Publisher: Gerontological Society of America
Publication Name: The Journals of Gerontology, Series A
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1079-5006
Year: 1999
Demographic aspects

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Gait characteristics as risk factors for falling from trips induced in older adults

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Research presented concerns the characteristics of trip-related falls in the elderly population, focusing on how gait characteristics increase the risk of falling after a trip. By inducing trips in healthy, elderly adults, the researchers suggest that step time and length are factors affecting the likelihood of falling.

Author: Owings, Tammy M., Pavol, Michael J., Foley, Kevin T., Grabiner, Mark D.
Publisher: Gerontological Society of America
Publication Name: The Journals of Gerontology, Series A
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1079-5006
Year: 1999
United States, Statistical Data Included, Physiological aspects, Accidents, Gait

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Subjects list: Aged, Elderly, Research, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls
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