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Bibliometric Analysis on Research Trend of Accidental Falls in Older Adults by Using Citespace-Focused on Web of Science Core Collection (2010-2020). [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
The present study aimed to identify the trends in research on accidental falls in older adults over the last decade. The MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and entry terms were applied in the Web of Science Core Collection.
Chen B, Shin S.
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Dysfunction in dynamic, but not static balance is associated with risk of accidental falls in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

BMC Nephrol, 2022
Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have a high incidence of falls. Impairment of balance function is a risk factor for falls in the general elderly, and no report examining the association between balance ...
Shirai N, Yamamoto S, Osawa Y, Tsubaki A, Morishita S, Narita I.   +5 more
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Incidence and characteristics of accidental falls in hospitalizations. [PDF]

Nagoya J Med Sci, 2017
Aging of the patient population has led to increased occurrence of accidental falls in acute care settings. The aim of this study is to survey the annual occurrence of falls in a university hospital, and to examine procedures to prevent fall. A total of 49,059 inpatients were admitted to our hospital from April 2015 to March 2016.
Kobayashi K, Imagama S, Inagaki Y, Suzuki Y, Ando K, Nishida Y, Nagao Y, Ishiguro N.   +7 more
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Knowledge mapping and research trends of accidental falls in patients with Parkinson's disease from 2003 to 2023: a bibliometric analysis. [PDF]

Front Neurol
Background Recent years have witnessed a rapid growth in research on accidental falls in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). However, a comprehensive and systematic bibliometric analysis is still lacking. This study aims to systematically analyze the
Shi L, Yih B.
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Accidental falls in middle-aged women. [PDF]

Rev Saude Publica, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of accidental falls in women and to identify possible associations of sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle variables with falls, in 2007 and 2014. METHODS: Two cross-sectional studies were performed, in 2007 and 2014, within the Projeto de Saúde de Pindamonhangaba (PROSAPIN – Pindamonhangaba Health Project ...
Stolt LROG, Kolish DV, Cardoso MRA, Tanaka C, Vasconcelos EFS, Pereira EC, Dellú MC, Pereira WMP, Aldrighi JM, Schmitt ACB.   +9 more
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Propranolol and ascorbic acid in control of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva flare-ups due to accidental falls. [PDF]

Intractable Rare Dis Res, 2019
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare, intractable and devastating genetic connective tissue disorder characterized by progressive ectopic ossification in the soft tissues and skeleton.
Palhares DB, Nascimento DR, Palhares MG, Lopes S, de L, Cristhina P, Mauro J, Alves F, Vieira RO, Souza-Fagundes EM, Underwood A, Milsted A, Augusto R, Martins AS.   +13 more
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Fatal Hip Fractures From Accidental Falls From a Ground-Level Fall. [PDF]

Acad Forensic Pathol
Accidental femur fractures in older adults are a public health concern with a considerably high rate of mortality and morbidity. We performed a retrospective review of all deaths reported to the Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) over a 5-year period that involved a femur fracture resulting from a ground-level fall.
Taylor C, Ely SF, Gill JR.
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Risk Factors for new accidental falls in elderly patients at traumatology ambulatory center [PDF]

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2015
Objective. To identify the risks factors for new accidental falls in elderly patients attended in the Traumatology Ambulatory of a University hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methodology. Quantitative study of the type of multiple cases.
Fonseca, César, Lopes, M. J., Porto Gautério, D., Santos, S.S.C., Tarouco, B.S., Zortea, B.   +5 more
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Rural older people had lower mortality after accidental falls than non-rural older people. [PDF]

Clin Interv Aging, 2017
Objective This study aimed to investigate the mortality rate after falls of rural and non-rural older people and to explore the risk factors of mortality after falls among older people.
Huang JW, Lin YY, Wu NY, Chen YC.
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Accidental falls related to clearing heavy snow on rooftops in a rural heavy snow area in Japan. [PDF]

Acute Med Surg, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe our experience with patients who fell from rooftops while clearing snow. The falls occurred in rural areas that receive heavy snowfall and are undergoing depopulation and an increasing proportion of elderly ...
Yamaguchi S, Endoh H, Nitta M.
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