Prevention of Falls

Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

1988 • 6,422 citations

Performance‐Oriented Assessment of Mobility Problems in Elderly Patients

1986 • 3,206 citations

Exercise Training and Nutritional Supplementation for Physical Frailty in Very Elderly People

1994 • 2,823 citations

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

1994 • 2,159 citations

Falls Efficacy as a Measure of Fear of Falling

1990 • 1,924 citations

High-intensity strength training in nonagenarians. Effects on skeletal muscle

1990 • 1,799 citations

Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study

1989 • 1,511 citations

High-Intensity Strength Training in Nonagenarians

1990 • 1,480 citations

A Prospective Study of Postural Balance and Risk of Falling in An Ambulatory and Independent Elderly Population

1994 • 1,263 citations

FALLS BY ELDERLY PEOPLE AT HOME: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

1988 • 1,232 citations

Risk Factors for Falls in a Community-Based Prospective Study of People 70 Years and Older

1989 • 1,212 citations

Risk Factors for Recurrent Nonsyncopal Falls

1989 • 1,188 citations

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

1996 • 1,146 citations

Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs

1999 • 1,141 citations

Explicit criteria for determining inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents. UCLA Division of Geriatric Medicine

1991 • 1,112 citations

Circumstances and consequences of falls in independent community-dwelling older adults

1997 • 1,083 citations

Explicit Criteria for Determining Inappropriate Medication Use in Nursing Home Residents

1991 • 1,049 citations

The Effects of Exercise on Falls in Elderly Patients

1995 • 1,039 citations

Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): a randomised controlled trial

1999 • 954 citations

Components of postural dyscontrol in the elderly: A review

1989 • 954 citations

Risk Factors for Injurious Falls: a Prospective Study

1991 • 936 citations

Risk Factors for Serious Injury During Falls by Older Persons in the Community

1995 • 907 citations

Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers

1997 • 888 citations

Risk Factors for Falls as a Cause of Hip Fracture in Women

1991 • 861 citations

Factors Associated with Falls in the Elderly: A Community Study

1981 • 807 citations

FALLS IN OLD AGE: A STUDY OF FREQUENCY AND RELATED CLINICAL FACTORS

1981 • 723 citations

Effect of external hip protectors on hip fractures

1993 • 639 citations

The cost and frequency of hospitalization for fall-related injuries in older adults.

1992 • 634 citations

Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: II. Cardiac and Analgesic Drugs

1999 • 633 citations

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

1995 • 613 citations

Fall Severity and Bone Mineral Density as Risk Factors for Hip Fracture in Ambulatory Elderly

1994 • 577 citations

Preventing Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons: Results From a Randomized Trial

1994 • 569 citations

Falls and Injuries in Frail and Vigorous Community Elderly Persons

1991 • 566 citations

Prediction of osteoporotic fractures by postural instability and bone density.

1993 • 566 citations

Step Length Reductions in Advanced Age: The Role of Ankle and Hip Kinetics

1996 • 559 citations

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

1996 • 522 citations

THE INCIDENCE OF FALL INJURY EVENTS AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A DEFINED POPULATION

1990 • 518 citations

Familial Polyposis Coli

2008 • 506 citations

Postural Control in the Older Adult

1996 • 500 citations

Visual, Vestibular and Somatosensory Contributions to Balance Control in the Older Adult

1989 • 497 citations

Inappropriate Drug Prescribing for the Community-Dwelling Elderly

1994 • 494 citations

Muscle hypertrophy response to resistance training in older women

1991 • 491 citations

The Effect of a 12‐Month Exercise Trial on Balance, Strength, and Falls in Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

1995 • 475 citations

Predictors of falls among elderly people. Results of two population-based studies

1989 • 471 citations

Predictors and Prognosis of Inability to Get Up After Falls Among Elderly Persons

1993 • 449 citations

Fall Injuries in the Elderly

1985 • 427 citations

The Effect of Multidimensional Exercises on Balance, Mobility, and Fall Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

1997 • 425 citations

Causes and Correlates of Recurrent Falls in Ambulatory Frail Elderly

1991 • 408 citations

Quadriceps function, proprioceptive acuity and functional performance in healthy young, middle-aged and elderly subjects

1998 • 407 citations

A Randomized Trial of a Program to Reduce the Use of Psychoactive Drugs in Nursing Homes

1992 • 401 citations

Postural Control in Older Adults

1994 • 398 citations

Management of Drug Therapy in the Elderly

1989 • 396 citations

THE RELATIONSHIP OF POSTURAL SWAY IN STANDING TO THE INCIDENCE OF FALLS IN GERIATRIC SUBJECTS

1982 • 395 citations

Tying Down the Elderly

1989 • 389 citations

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: I. INCIDENCE AND MORBIDITY

1977 • 378 citations

Stepping Over Obstacles: Gait Patterns of Healthy Young and Old Adults

1991 • 368 citations

Predictors of Falls Among Elderly People

1989 • 364 citations

Factors Associated with Serious Injury During Falls by Ambulatory Nursing Home Residents

1987 • 362 citations

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

1997 • 359 citations

Age-related Changes in Compensatory Stepping in Response to Unpredictable Perturbations

1996 • 338 citations

How dangerous are falls in old people at home?

1981 • 331 citations

Predictors for Falls and Fractures in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

1998 • 331 citations

Falls in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons

1995 • 330 citations

The Relationship of Strength to Function in the Older Adult

1995 • 315 citations

Nocturia: A Risk Factor for Falls in the Elderly

1992 • 311 citations

A Randomized Trial of Physical Rehabilitation for Very Frail Nursing Home Residents

1994 • 309 citations

Identifying Mobility Dysfunctions in Elderly Patients

1988 • 305 citations

Effects of Physical Activity on Health Status in Older Adults II: Intervention Studies

1992 • 299 citations

Impaired Vision and Hip Fracture

1989 • 291 citations

Attention, Frailty, and Falls: The Effect of a Manual Task on Basic Mobility

1998 • 286 citations

Gait Assessment in the Elderly: A Gait Abnormality Rating Scale and Its Relation to Falls

1990 • 281 citations

Mechanical Restraint Use and Fall-related Injuries among Residents of Skilled Nursing Facilities

1992 • 281 citations

CLINICAL CORRELATES OF SWAY IN OLD AGE—SENSORY MODALITIES

1982 • 280 citations

Randomized placebo-controlled trial of brisk walking in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis

1997 • 264 citations

Sensori-motor Function, Gait Patterns and Falls in Community-dwelling Women

1996 • 261 citations

Epidemiology of Medication-Related Falls and Fractures in the Elderly

1998 • 255 citations

Attempts to Prevent Falls and Injury: A Prospective Community Study

1992 • 240 citations

Postural stability, falls and fractures in the elderly: results from the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study

1994 • 236 citations

The Contribution of Predisposing and Situational Risk Factors to Serious Fall Injuries

1995 • 234 citations

Postural Control in Elderly Subjects

1990 • 229 citations

Medications and Diagnoses in Relation to Falls in a Long‐Term Care Facility

1987 • 209 citations

Postural Control and Age

1993 • 205 citations

High Heeled Shoes: Their Effect on Center of Mass Position, Posture, Three-Dimensional Kinematics, Rearfoot Motion, and Ground Reaction Forces

1994 • 202 citations

Medications and Multiple Falls in Elderly People: The St Louis OASIS Study

1991 • 200 citations

The Cost-Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Targeted Prevention Program for Falls Among Community Elderly Persons

1996 • 197 citations

Age, Gender, and Muscular Strength

1995 • 195 citations

Functional Assessment of Balance and Gait

1996 • 195 citations

Falls among the Elderly

1982 • 193 citations

Frailty and Injuries in Later Life: The FICSIT Trials

1993 • 190 citations

Muscle Strength, Activity, Housing and the Risk of Falls in Elderly People

1989 • 188 citations

Proprioception and Stability: Foot Position Awareness as a Function of Age and Footware

1995 • 183 citations

Non-skeletal determinants of fractures: the potential importance of the mechanics of falls

1994 • 182 citations

Risk Factors for Major Injurious Falls among the Home-Dwelling Elderly by Functional Abilities

1998 • 180 citations

Drug interactions in the elderly

1989 • 178 citations

Two-Year Trends in Cardiorespiratory Function Among Older Tai Chi Chuan Practitioners and Sedentary Subjects

1995 • 176 citations

Perimenopausal risk of falling and incidence of distal forearm fracture.

1989 • 175 citations

Health Care Utilization and Functional Status in the Aged Following a Fall

1991 • 174 citations

Gender Differences in the Balance of Healthy Elderly as Demonstrated by Dynamic Posturography

1994 • 172 citations

Moderate exercise improves gait stability in disabled elders

1998 • 170 citations

Important Drug-Drug Interactions in the Elderly

1998 • 170 citations

Falls and Fall Prevention in the Nursing Home

1996 • 170 citations

Effects of Exercise on Body Composition and Functional Capacity of the Elderly

1995 • 168 citations

Intrinsic Factors in Falling Among the Elderly

1985 • 168 citations

A Longitudinal Trial of Weight Training in the Elderly: Continued Improvements in Year 2

1996 • 162 citations

Association of Postprandial Hypotension With Incidence of Falls, Syncope, Coronary Events, Stroke, and Total Mortality at 29‐Month Follow‐Up in 499 Older Nursing Home Residents

1997 • 161 citations

Improving Medication Prescribing and Utilization in the Nursing Home

1990 • 161 citations

Risk Factors for Injury After a Fall

1985 • 159 citations

Home exercise to improve strength and walking velocity after hip fracture: A randomized controlled trial

1997 • 158 citations

Home Environmental Hazards and the Risk of Fall Injury Events Among Community‐Dwelling Older Persons

1998 • 157 citations

Self-Reported Adverse Drug Reactions and Related Resource Use

1992 • 153 citations

Yale Ficsit: Risk Factor Abatement Strategy for Fall Prevention

1993 • 152 citations

Effects of Age on the Biomechanics and Physiology of Gait

1996 • 152 citations

Effects of Central Nervous System Polypharmacy on Falls Liability in Community-Dwelling Elderly

1998 • 152 citations

Effect of altered sensory conditions on multivariate descriptors of human postural sway

1998 • 151 citations

Strength and Aerobic Training Attenuate Muscle Wasting and Improve Resistance to the Development of Disability With Aging

1995 • 149 citations

Factors Associated With Changes in Gait Speed in Older Adults

1996 • 138 citations

Shoe Characteristics and Balance in Older Women

1996 • 134 citations

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION II. SOME CIRCUMSTANCES OF FALLING

1977 • 127 citations

Gait and Balance in the Elderly

1985 • 127 citations

Balance and vertical impact in sports: Role of shoe sole materials

1997 • 114 citations

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

1996 • 114 citations

The Influence of Visual Factors on Fall-related Kinematic Variables During Stair Descent by Older Women

1991 • 108 citations

Falls Among Nursing Home Residents: An Examination of Incident Reports Before and After Restraint Reduction Programs

1994 • 106 citations

Age, Functional Postural Reflexes, and Voluntary Sway

1989 • 102 citations

Better postural balance in elderly women receiving estrogens

1997 • 102 citations

A prospective study of accidental falls and resulting injuries in the home among elderly people.

1971 • 99 citations

Falling, Health Status, and the Use of Health Services by Older Adults

1992 • 96 citations

Home Safety and Fall Prevention

1991 • 93 citations

Key Aspects of Elder Care. Managing Falls, Incontinence and Cognitive Impairment

1993 • 93 citations

The Role of Drugs in Falls in the Elderly

1985 • 92 citations

Freedom from restraint: consequences of reducing physical restraints in the management of the elderly.

1989 • 89 citations

Role of the Environment in Falls Prevention

1996 • 88 citations

Dark Adaptation and Falls in the Elderly

1991 • 81 citations

THE PREVENTION OF FALLS IN A GERIATRIC HOSPITAL

1980 • 78 citations

Physical Restraints in the Practice of Medicine

1992 • 78 citations

Preventing falls: how to identify risk factors, reduce complications.

1996 • 74 citations

Preventing falls: home hazard checklists to help older patients protect themselves.

1986 • 73 citations

Is Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy Associated With Neuromuscular Function or Falling in Elderly Women?

1995 • 72 citations

Abnormalities in Blood Pressure Homeostasis That Contribute to Falls in the Elderly

1985 • 72 citations

Medications and Falls: Causation, Correlation, and Prevention

1996 • 72 citations

The Impact of Falls in an Inner‐City Elderly African‐American Population

1992 • 71 citations

Visual Perception Dominance of Fallers Among Community‐dwelling Older Adults

1985 • 69 citations

Effects of hormonal replacement therapy on the postural balance among postmenopausal women

1996 • 69 citations

Incidence rates of falls among Japanese men and women living in Hawaii

1997 • 66 citations

Exercise with Physically Restrained Nursing Home Residents: Maximizing Benefits of Restraint Reduction

1996 • 65 citations

Unintentional injuries among elderly people: Incidence, causes, severity, and costs

1989 • 64 citations

Time-Accuracy Relationships in Young and Old Adults

1982 • 60 citations

Falls in old people at home: Intrinsic versusenvironmental factors in causation

1983 • 59 citations

Is postmenopausal estrogen therapy associated with neuromuscular function or falling in elderly women? Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group

1995 • 59 citations

Does This Dizzy Patient Have a Serious Form of Vertigo?

1994 • 58 citations

Preventing falls in the elderly at home: a community-based program.

1996 • 55 citations

Quantitative gait assessment as a predictor of prospective and retrospective falls in community-dwelling older women

1994 • 54 citations

Contribution of Central Neuropathy to Postural Instability in IDDM Patients With Peripheral Neuropathy

1997 • 53 citations

Central Nervous System Symptoms of Elderly Subjects Using Antihypertensive Drugs

1984 • 48 citations

Hospital Resources Used To Treat the Injured Elderly at North Carolina Trauma Centers

1993 • 48 citations

Effect of a Single Dose of Diazepam on Balance Measures in Older People

1997 • 48 citations

Benzodiazepine Use in Older, Community-Dwelling Southern Californians: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates

1993 • 47 citations

Falls and Psychotropic Drug Consumption in Long-Term Care Residents: Is There an Obvious Association?

1997 • 45 citations

Visual Depth Illusion and Falls in the Elderly

1985 • 45 citations

Falls: Prevention and Management in the Institutional Setting

1988 • 42 citations

Assessment of instability and gait in elderly persons.

1991 • 41 citations

Aberrations in postural control, vibration sensation and some vestibular findings in healthy 64-92-year-old subjects

1997 • 41 citations

Geriatric falls: assessing the cause, preventing recurrence.

1989 • 40 citations

Relationship of Age-Related Decreases in Muscle Mass and Strength to Skeletal Status

1995 • 40 citations

Differential Diagnosis of Gait Disorders in Older Adults

1996 • 39 citations

Iowa FICSIT Trial: The Feasibility of Elderly Wearing a Hip Joint Protective Garment to Reduce Hip Fractures

1993 • 39 citations

Preventing falls in the elderly at home: a community‐based program

1996 • 38 citations

Geropsychiatric Restraint Use

1997 • 34 citations

The role of medication in falls among the elderly in a long-term care facility.

1990 • 34 citations

Brisk Walking and Postural Stability: A Cross-Sectional Study in Postmenopausal Women

1998 • 33 citations

Senile Gait

1985 • 32 citations

The rational clinical examination. Does this dizzy patient have a serious form of vertigo?

1994 • 30 citations

Improving Balance

1998 • 28 citations

Falling and Perimenopausal Women

1993 • 24 citations

Effect of aging on human postural control during cognitive tasks.

1997 • 23 citations

Using Technology-Based Techniques to Assess Postural Control and Gait in Older Adults

1996 • 21 citations

Spatial Orientation Mechanisms and Their Implications for Falls

1985 • 20 citations

Visual Deficits and Mobility Evaluation and Management

1996 • 19 citations

VERTIGO IN THE ELDERLY

1981 • 16 citations

Thioridazine Dose‐Related Effects on Biomechanical Force Platform Measures of Sway in Young and Old Men

1998 • 13 citations

[Multifactorial pathogenesis of gait disorders, falls and hip fractures in the elderly].

1997 • 10 citations

Success with wanderers

1991 • 8 citations

[Falls in the elderly and drugs].

1997 • 6 citations

Instability in the older adult.

1996 • 4 citations

Helping people with dementia feel at home.

1993 • 1 citations