Balance training to maintain mobility and prevent disability

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1994 • 8,393 citations

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1988 • 6,422 citations

Performance‐Oriented Assessment of Mobility Problems in Elderly Patients

1986 • 3,206 citations

Functional Reach: A New Clinical Measure of Balance

1990 • 2,743 citations

The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale

1995 • 2,589 citations

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2002 • 2,453 citations

A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community

1994 • 2,159 citations

Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons

2001 • 2,150 citations

The Balance Scale: reliability assessment with elderly residents and patients with an acute stroke

1995 • 1,529 citations

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1997 • 1,347 citations

Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly women

1997 • 1,155 citations

Reducing Frailty and Falls in Older Persons: An Investigation of Tai Chi and Computerized Balance Training

1996 • 1,146 citations

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1995 • 1,039 citations

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2003 • 871 citations

A Program to Prevent Functional Decline in Physically Frail, Elderly Persons Who Live at Home

2002 • 853 citations

Physiological Factors Associated with Falls in Older Community‐Dwelling Women

1994 • 809 citations

Visual Impairment and Falls in Older Adults: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

1998 • 713 citations

Prevalence of Parkinsonian Signs and Associated Mortality in a Community Population of Older People

1996 • 641 citations

Strength Is a Major Factor in Balance, Gait, and the Occurrence of Falls

1995 • 613 citations

Randomised factorial trial of falls prevention among older people living in their own homes

2002 • 570 citations

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2002 • 538 citations

Balance and Strength Training in Older Adults: Intervention Gains and Tai Chi Maintenance

1996 • 522 citations

Falls prevention over 2 years: a randomized controlled trial in women 80 years and older

1999 • 505 citations

Postural Control in Older Adults

1994 • 398 citations

The Effect of Tai Chi Quan and Computerized Balance Training on Postural Stability in Older Subjects

1997 • 359 citations

Age-related changes in open-loop and closed-loop postural control mechanisms

1995 • 327 citations

Effects of Age on Rapid Ankle Torque Development

1996 • 318 citations

A Cross-sectional Validation Study of the FICSIT Common Data Base Static Balance Measures

1995 • 308 citations

12-month Tai Chi training in the elderly: its effect on health fitness

1998 • 297 citations

A prospective study of cerebral white matter abnormalities in older people with gait dysfunction

2001 • 295 citations

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Tai Chi for Improving Balance and Preventing Falls in the Older Population—A Review

2002 • 285 citations

Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 2: Controlled trial in multiple centres

2001 • 262 citations

The Relationship Between Physical Performance Measures and Independence in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

1996 • 255 citations

Circumstances of Falls Resulting in Hip Fractures Among Older People

1997 • 235 citations

Dance-based aerobic exercise may improve indices of falling risk in older women

2002 • 231 citations

Turning Difficulty Characteristics of Adults Aged 65 Years or Older

2000 • 206 citations

Exercise to Improve Spinal Flexibility and Function for People with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

1998 • 203 citations

Cardiorespiratory function, flexibility, and body composition among geriatric Tai Chi Chuan practitioners

1996 • 202 citations

Clinical and Biomechanical Measures of Balance Fall Predictors in Ambulatory Nursing Home Residents

1996 • 185 citations

Visual contribution to self-induced body sway frequencies and visual perception of male professional dancers

1999 • 184 citations

An evaluation of the effects of Tai Chi exercise on physical function among older persons: A randomized controlled trial

2001 • 164 citations

Spinal Movement and Performance of a Standing Reach Task in Participants With and Without Parkinson Disease

2001 • 159 citations

Dynamic Balance in Older Persons: Effects of Reduced Visual and Proprioceptive Input

1995 • 133 citations

Effects of Balance Training in Elderly Evaluated by Clinical Tests and Dynamic Posturography

1991 • 132 citations

Spinal Flexibility and Balance Control Among Community-Dwelling Adults With and Without Parkinson's Disease

2000 • 131 citations

Relationship Between Balance and Abnormalities in Cerebral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Older Adults

1998 • 124 citations

The relationship of postural sway to sensorimotor function, functional performance, and disability in the elderly

1996 • 114 citations

The performance enhancement project: Improving physical performance in older persons

2002 • 108 citations

Gait and Balance Dysfunction: A Model of the Interaction of Age and Disease

2001 • 96 citations

Effect of a Reduced Base of Support in Standing and Balance Training on the Soleus H-reflex

2001 • 70 citations

Gait disorders of aging : falls and therapeutic strategies

1997 • 67 citations

Comparison of soleus H-reflex gain from prone to standing in dancers and controls

1997 • 62 citations

Medical and Rehabilitation Issues in Classical Ballet

2002 • 58 citations

Thresholds for Sensing Foot Dorsi- and Plantarflexion During Upright Stance: Effects of Age and Velocity

1998 • 58 citations

Long‐Term Recreational Gymnastics, Estrogen Use, and Selected Risk Factors for Osteoporotic Fractures

1999 • 57 citations

Soleus H-Reflex Gain in Healthy Elderly and Young Adults When Lying, Standing, and Balancing

2002 • 54 citations

Application of a Falls Prevention Program for Older People to Primary Health Care Practice

2002 • 53 citations

A Study Design to Investigate the Effect of Intense Tai Chi in Reducing Falls among Older Adults Transitioning to Frailty

2001 • 46 citations

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1998 • 38 citations

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1997 • 19 citations

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2002 • 18 citations

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