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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Fallers and non-fallers"”.
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Support Vector Machines (SVMs) Based Framework for Classification of Fallers and Non-Fallers
… elderly population is growing at a rapid pace, and falls are a significant problem facing adults aged 65 and older in terms of both human suffering and economic losses. Falls are the leading cause of mortality among older adults, and non-fatal falls result in reduced function and poor quality of …
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Effect of Textured Insoles on Gait Variability During Continous Overground Walking in Older Adult Fallers and Non-Fallers
… represents one of the leading causes of injury and mortality in older adults. There is a need amongst gait clinicians and researchers to develop better methods to analyze fall risk. In addition to the calculation of mean spatiotemporal gait parameters, gait variability and the fractal scaling …
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Biomechanical and psychological factors that distinguish fallers from non-fallers : a comparative study of transtibial amputees and able bodied individuals
… to make recommendations for falls prevention and treatment programmes, it is important to have a sound understanding of the underlying biomechanical function in persons at high risk of falling. While biomechanical differences between fallers and non-fallers have been identified in older …
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Is Allocation of Attention Impaired in Fallers Compared to Non-Fallers? An Event-Related Potential Study
… compared to those without a history of falls, and whether such differences subsequently altered cognitive processing of visual target stimuli. We examined allocation of attention using event-related potentials (ERPs) as participants responded to visual targets while ignoring task-irrelevant …
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Using fractal dimension analysis to improve clinical balance and mobility assessments for discriminating fallers from non-fallers : a cross-sectional analysis
Falling in the elderly involves high personal and financial costs. Traditional biomechanical assessment of gait and balance using variables such as centre of pressure (COP) is an active area of research that attempts to identify those characteristics associated with fallers. Non-traditional …
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Predictor Variables Related To Falls In A Long-Term Care Environment
… States occur in the 13% of the population age 65 and over. The first objective of the study was to identify which fall-predictor variables acknowledged in the research literature are associated with increased fall frequency with the older population. Identifying specific predictor variables …
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Falling Head Over Heels: Investigating the higher-level cognitive and electrophysiological processes underlying gait control and falls in older adults and stroke survivors
Falls are a common problem for Ireland’s older adults and stroke survivors, which have severe consequences for the individual and high care costs for the state. Current clinical interventions that focus solely on musculoskeletal function are not evidenced to be consistently effective in the long …
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Fall Risk Assessment By Measuring Determinants Of Gait
… problems leading to unintentional injuries and fatalities among older adults. However, it is difficult to assess individuals' fall risk and to determine who are at risk of falls and in need of fall interventions. Therefore, this study was motivated by a need to provide a cogent fall risk …
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Toward understanding factors affecting falls among individuals who are obese
… its association with an increased risk of falls and subsequent injury. Thus, it is important to understand factors affecting falls among individuals who are obese, to help develop effective intervention solutions to mitigate falls in this population. Obese individuals have been hypothesized to …