[PDF] Top 20 Physiological risk of falls, physical and aerobic capacity in community-dwelling elderly

... (8.4±3.17) and pre- vious history of falls in 2710 community-dwelling el- derly (aged ...Italy in an observational cohort ...rate of falls and that ... See full document

... fear of falling [26]. This scale consists of 16 different daily activities, ranging from simpler activities to those that require a greater degree of ...scores of one to four (not at all ... See full document

... verify and compare the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for falls among older community-dwelling people with and without a stroke ...group and three control ... See full document

... functional capacity was assessed using the TUG and GS because, according to Camara et ...functional capacity, such as mobility, balance and ...functional capacity in older adults ... See full document

... percentage of risk of falls identified at baseline (QuickScreen = 33%, SPPB = ...adults’ physical performance, which represent fundamental aspects for functionality and ... See full document

... pain of any kind in the past two weeks and less often reported pain interfering with daily ...relationship and the mechanisms behind them remain ...better physical function were at ... See full document

... Limitations of this study include the sample size regarding those who fell and suffered injuries (and therefore the statistical power of the model for predicting the severity of ... See full document

... dint of our observational design with broad-based sampling, rather than a randomised controlled trial with exclusion criteria, they were also less functionally impaired and more active than in the ... See full document

... decline of physical and functional capacity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative contribution of objectively estimated daily physical activity (PA) ... See full document

... floor and stand on one leg contributed most to the discriminative ability of the BBS in identifying older adults with a history of single ...(B9) and (B12) are useful for discriminating ... See full document

... levels and their harmful effects increase with age ...participants of the present study were of an average age of ...observed in the present study for either the overall sample or when ... See full document

... use of hormone replace- ment and/or psychotropic drugs, cardiovascular disease ...disease, and transient ischemic disease), pulmonary disease, neurological or psychiatric disease ...greater ... See full document

... GI and GII regarding age, gender, and level of physical activity, demonstrating that the groups were homogeneous with each ...differences in the number of comorbidities ... See full document

... rates of depression/anxiety and physical activity, pointing out its role as a possible protective ...with elderly adults in the community, who present with subsyndromal ... See full document

... Functional capacity maintenance may be impor- tant to quality of life because seems to be related with the capacity to work and entertain until ad- vanced aged ...Despite of this could ... See full document

... were: elderly individuals aged sixty years and over and of both ...were: elderly individuals who did not present the psychological or physical capacity to properly answer ... See full document

... specially in the older population. There are some methods, studies, initiatives and tools available in this field to prevent, predict and identify falls [ FPC05 , 22 Agi10 , SPA09 ], ... See full document

... consequences of falls for seniors have great relevance with regard to mortality and ...the elderly are the most worrisome. The period of bed rest can cause serious problems such as ... See full document

... consisting of 18 questions grouped into four parts: anthropometry (body mass index, weight loss, and mid-upper arm and calf circumferences), clinical status (use of medications, mobil- ity, ... See full document

... competition of weightlifting requires explosive power output as well as high skill ...[1]. In particular explosive power output in 2nd pull phase was important in high level performance ... See full document