[PDF] Top 20 Role of physical activity in the prevention of falls and their consequences in the elderly

... inventory of the risk factors and consequences of falling in the elderly, namely fractures, and to identify strategies to prevent falls and ... See full document

... 20.7% of the subjects live with their spouses and ...with their children. In terms of schooling, ...51% and 17.8% completed, respectively the 1st and ... See full document

... Finally, the strategy chosen for the study based on selecting groups with different levels of physical activity enabled a clearer understanding of the re- sults obtained ... See full document

... that the RP of the individuals addressed in this study in regard to the risk factors presented in the vignettes was influenced by individual ...self-assessed ... See full document

... employment and productivity and increases the risk of criminal activity, motor vehicle accidents, child abuse and neglect, divorce, homelessness, domestic violence, and ... See full document

... falling and that health and FF variables are the most determinant factors to assess fall risk in Portuguese ol - der ...that falls might not be an in- evitable consequence ... See full document

... aims of this observational, cross-sectional study were: i) investigate the prevalence of accidental falls in Senior Citizen Centers (SCC) users and the influence of ... See full document

... Introduction: Falls in the elderly, fractures and the risk of falling significantly increase with advancing age, as aging brings several anatomical and ... 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 ... See full document

... method in the treatment of psychic ill- ...one of the sources of our ...heal and reassure people who are suffering. The patients who came to me were suffering with ... See full document

... to falls, some studies indicate that preventive home visits may be effective in reducing falls in older people in the community [21], but the conclusions of ... See full document

... University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada The importance of age, gender, education and other dimensions of social location in influencing the mental health ... See full document

... improve the questionnaire, and some questions were rewritten and/or sub-items were added to further adjust the tool to its target ...5 and 5.1 about the regular practice ... See full document

... results of our study show that most of the elderly people surveyed do not present regular physical activity habits, since only ...levels of physical activity ... See full document

... million elderly and, in a certain area of the big cities, this population already exceeds the mark of ...As the person ages the risk of falls ... See full document

... reality and, especially in Brazil, this transition is occurring in an accelerated way, which demands a public health system capable of reaching the needs of the ... See full document

... determine the frequency of falls and identify risk factors in the homes of the elderly under the Home Care Service of a village in ... See full document

... is the reduced number of elderly people observed using the SP, despite the fact that these are designed purposely for this age ...that in order to promote the use ... See full document

... verify the per- formance of the elderly on SPPB and its association with ...follow-up of 2.4 years with 755 elderly community-dwelling Americans (aged ...years) and ... See full document

... Understanding in the sight of the elderly, as it happens, why it happens and what were the consequences of falls suffered by participants of a ... See full document