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Fall Risk

Fall Risk is a clinical construct denoting the probability of an individual experiencing an unintentional loss of postural stability resulting in a downward displacement to a lower level, particularly in older adults, as assessed within geriatric functional, sensory, pharmacological, and musculoskeletal evaluation frameworks.

9K

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635.5K

Citations

27.1K

Authors

6K

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2017–2026

3K

Variants

Falls Risk Assessment

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Publications

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Sensitivity and False Alarm Rate of a Fall Sensor in Long-Term Fall Detection in the Elderly

Maarit Kangas, Raija Korpelainen, Irene Vikman et al. · Gerontology · 2014 · 19K citations

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Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

Mary E. Tinetti, Mark Speechley, Sandra Ginter · New England Journal of Medicine · 1988 · 6.5K citations

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Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study.

Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline Close, Henry Brodaty et al. · PubMed · 2010 · 5.4K citations · Full text

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Predicting the Probability for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using the Timed Up & Go Test

Anne Shumway‐Cook, Marjorie Woollacott · Physical Therapy · 2000 · 3.4K citations

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Measuring balance in the elderly: validation of an instrument.

Katherine Berg, Sharon Wood-Dauphinée, Jack I. Williams et al. · PubMed · 1993 · 2.9K citations

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Authors

27.1K

  1. SR
    Stephen R. Lord

    Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia

    225 publications · 34.3K citations

    86

    h-index

  2. KD
    Kim Delbaere

    Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia

    92 publications · 16.6K citations

    49

    h-index

  3. JC
    Jacqueline Close

    Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia

    83 publications · 17K citations

    49

    h-index

  4. KH
    Keith Hill

    Curtin University, Australia

    100 publications · 6.2K citations

    41

    h-index

  5. RG
    Robert G. Cumming

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    56 publications · 7.9K citations

    38

    h-index

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Institutions

6K

  1. Neuroscience Research Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    86 h-index

    759 publications

    101.2K citations

  2. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    81 h-index

    794 publications

    89.5K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    69 h-index

    381 publications

    44.6K citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    68 h-index

    734 publications

    77.6K citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    53 h-index

    304 publications

    29K citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    52 h-index

    265 publications

    22.9K citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    52 h-index

    181 publications

    33.6K citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    51 h-index

    429 publications

    23.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    308 publications · 52.9K citations

    122

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  2. The Journals of Gerontology Series A

    201 publications · 27K citations

    86

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  3. Age and Ageing

    225 publications · 32.7K citations

    85

    h-index

  4. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    125 publications · 16.8K citations

    65

    h-index

  5. BMC Geriatrics

    213 publications · 11.3K citations

    62

    h-index

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