Wednesday February 22, 2012 -

Definition of a Fall

by Dawn Skelton on February 22, 2012

Definition of a FallOne of the most common questions asked in falls prevention is what actually constitutes a fall. At first it may be tempting to think that it the dictionary definition is enough, however, in research and in practice the reality is often more complicated than this. The following article highlights some of the different approaches and definitions that have been used in the literature and raises some important questions about reporting standards.
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The Challenge of Implementing Evidence Based Falls Prevention

by Dawn Skelton on February 7, 2012

The Challenge of Implementing Evidence Based Falls PreventionProfessor Dawn Skelton presents an exclusive overview of three recently published articles on the challenges posed to the implementation of evidence based falls prevention. These references include useful topics for those who are applying for research grants, but also summarise important information for those working in clinical practice. [click to continue…]

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Age UK – Call for Case Studies

February 7, 2012

Age UK is looking for case studies of older people who have fallen in the UK to highlight the importance of falls prevention services and interventions during Falls Awareness Week. This may be someone who: has fallen and fractured a bone has fallen and lost mobility and/or suffered reduced quality of life due to their [...]

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13th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability – 10th Sept 2012 Leeds, UK

January 21, 2012

Each year, the British Geriatric Society Falls and Bone Health Section manage to bring us an exciting and truly multi-disciplinary conference. The date has just been announced – the 10th September 2012. This year it is on a Monday (usually a Friday) and will be in Leeds. Further details of the conference content and venue [...]

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Feet, Footwear and Falls – Podiatry and Falls Prevention

January 16, 2012

There are literally hundreds of risk factors for falls that have been identified in the literature.  Foot health and footwear have been the poor relations in terms of research until relatively recently.  However, a series of papers from an Australian research group are finally making inroads into an area of falls prevention that should embed [...]

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Falls Prevention and Management in Older People Conference

January 16, 2012

Friday 27 April 2012 Hallam Conference Centre, London “There is growing evidence to show that investing in falls prevention services is cost-effective. The Department of Health currently estimates that if every strategic health authority in England invested £2m in falls and bone health early intervention services they could each save £5m (net £3m) each year [...]

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gaitAGE Provides Early Diagnosis of Changes in Gait in Elderly People

January 5, 2012

European Technology for Business Ltd (ETB) over the last 3 years have been developing a range of sensor based systems for gait monitoring. These are; gaitSMARTTM for high performance, gaitWALKTM for orthopaedics/rehab and gaitAGETM for the measurement of the elderly. gaitAGETM is used for measuring the gait profile of elderly people, enabling early prediction of [...]

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New European funded project on ICT based system to predict & prevent falls

December 1, 2011

A new EU funded project ‘ID-Card iStoppFalls’ aims to develop and implement ICT-based technologies which can be easily integrated into the daily life of older people living at home. These devices will allow for continuous exercise training, reliable falls risk assessment and appropriate feedback mechanisms, based on discrete measuring technologies and adaptive assistance functions. The [...]

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Do exercise interventions designed to prevent falls affect participation in life roles?

December 1, 2011

Nicola Fairhall and colleagues have published a systematic review and meta-analysis on whether exercise interventions, designed to reduce falls, increase participation in life roles.

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Detection of falls using accelerometers and mobile phone technology

December 1, 2011

New research suggests that mobile phone technology can be used to detect falls in an older population. In a laboratory based setting, with 18 young volunteers, simulated backwards, forwards and sideways falls were compared with activities of daily living (sit to stand, stairs, getting up from supine floor position etc) in terms of data from [...]

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