N/A N=43 Mechanisms of Fall Resistance to Diverse Slipping Conditions
Slipping and Falls
Primary: Fall Rates - Slips on Turns — 0; 7.94; 1.59; 23.44 Percent of trials resulting in falls.
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N/A N=44 Variability and Specificity in Reactive Stabilization Movements to Diverse Slip Perturbations
Slip Perturbations
Primary: Fall Rates — 18.3; 16.0 Percentage of trials resulting in falls.
N/A N=34 Reactive Balance Training Targeting Both Slip- and Trip-Induced Falls
Accidental Fall
Primary: Peak Slip Speed — 2.8 meters/sec
N/A N=57 Protective Stepping in People With MS
Multiple Sclerosis
Primary: Training-related Change in Margin of Stability — 0.0289; 0.0217 meters — p=0.036
N/A N=23 Falls in Older Persons With Limb Loss
Amputation · Elderly
Primary: Foot's Height During the Swing Phase of Walking (i.e., Foot Clearance) Measured in Centimeter — 6.1; 5.5; 6.1; 5.7 cm
N/A N=310 Home Hazard Removal Program to Reduce Falls
Accidental Falls
Primary: Number of Falls — 201; 316 falls
N/A N=27 Improving Balance and Mobility
Postural Balance · Accidental Falls · Mobility Limitation
Primary: Balance and Lateral Mobility Assessed by the Four Square Step Test — -1.8; -0.6 seconds — p=<0.05
N/A N=102 Intervention to Enhance Lateral Balance Function and Prevent Falls in Aging
Accidental Falls
Primary: Hip Abductor Torque — 0.49; 0.49; 0.59; 0.0523 Nm/kg-m
N/A N=43 Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Population
Accidental Falls
Primary: Change in Mean Survey Score for Providers' Self-reported View on Vitamin Deficiency as a Cause of Falls — 4.23; 3.44 score on a scale
Phase 2 N=55 Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults
Accidental Falls
Primary: Number of Participants Who Fell on a Tripping Test — 2; 4 participants — p=0.45
N/A N=14 The Sensorimotor Locus of Balance Control in Elderly Gait
Ambulation Difficulty · Gait, Unsteady · Fall
Primary: Change in Postural Sway After 10 Min of Walking — -2.39; -0.01 cm
N/A N=11 Prescribe Exercise for Prevention of Falls and Fractures: A Family Health Team Approach
Fall and Fractures Prevention
Primary: Physical Activity (Reporting Change in Physical Activity From Baseline to Six-week Follow-up) — 21.6 minutes/day
N/A N=35 Balance Recovery Training for Fall Prevention in Retirement Communities
Accidental Falls, Aged, Exercise Movement Techniques
Primary: Maximum Torso Angle at 0.8 Mph — 18.8; 23.9; 20.5; 11.7 degrees
N/A N=123 Deprescribing to Reduce Injurious Falls Among Older Adults With Dementia
Dementia
Primary: Number of Participants With Dementia With Medically Treated Falls — 24 Participants
N/A N=109 Longitudinal Outcome in a Veterans Geriatric Multifactorial Falls Assessment Clinic
Aging
Primary: Number of Participants Who Experienced Falls — 22; 35 Participants
N/A N=12 Metabolic Syndrome and Fall Risk
Metabolic Syndrome · Autonomic Neuropathy
Primary: Four Square Step Test (FSST) — 11.04; 14.29 seconds
N/A N=521 Testing the Effectiveness of a Falls Prevention System
High Risk for Falling
Primary: High Risk Fall Rate — 0 falls/1000 patient days
N/A N=60 Evaluating Technology-Based Fall Prevention Interventions
Falls (Accidents) in Old Age
Primary: Falls — 0.6; 0.6 number of falls
N/A N=134 Reducing Falls With RENEW in Older Adults Who Have Fallen
Muscle Atrophy · Physical Deconditioning
Primary: The Number of Days Survived Without a Fall Over the 1 Year Duration of the Study — 239; 249.67 Days survived without a fall.
N/A N=766 Characterizing Wheelchair-Related Falls in Elderly Veterans
Accidental Falls
Primary: Wheelchair-related Falls — 545; 165 participants — p=0.033
N/A N=30 Wii-Fit For Balance And Gait In Elderly Veterans
Gait, Unsteady · Postural Balance
Primary: Berg Balance Scale — 48.5; 50.1 units on a scale
N/A N=62 A Novel Strategy to Decrease Fall Incidence Post-Stroke
Stroke
Primary: Fall Incidence (Number of Falls) — 88; 56 number of falls
N/A N=155 Falls Prevention in Older Home Care Recipients
Accidental Falls
Primary: Short Form 36 Health Survey Summary Scores — 3.7; -0.3; 3.0; 0.1 scores on a scale
Phase 3 N=5,451 Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders
Accidental Falls · Wounds and Injuries
Primary: First Adjudicated Serious Fall-Related Injury — 4.87; 5.34 events per 100 person years of follow-up — p=0.245
N/A N=2,367 Reducing CNS-Active Medications to Prevent Falls and Injuries in Older Adults
Aging · Accidental Fall
Primary: Medically Treated Falls — 328; 349 Participants — p=0.11
Phase 3 N=689 CONNECT for Better Falls Prevention in VA Community Living Centers
Accidental Falls
Primary: Fall-related Process Measures — 0.40; 0.32 proportion of indicators completed
N/A N=10 Falls Prevention Program for Adults With Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis · Falls, Accidental
Primary: Participant Adherence to Intervention — 5 Participants
N/A N=20 Upper Limb Loss Perturbation Response
Amputation
Primary: Whole-body Angular Momentum in Sagittal-plane; Momentum of the Body in the Sagittal Plane of Walking Progression — 0.025; 0.031; 0.027; 0.028 Unitless (normalized)
N/A N=33 Balance Training for Elders With Heart Failure
Heart Failure
Primary: Pre/Post Scores on the 30 Second Sit to Stand Test Will be Used to Detect Any Changes in Leg Strength and Endurance That Occur During the 12 Week Group Exercise…
N/A N=60 Trendelenburg's Slide Prevention Study
Misadventure During Surgical Operation · Postoperative Complications
Primary: Amount of Patient Movement on the Operating Room Table — 3.2; 4.5 centimeters — p=0.1