Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Pelicioni PHS +6 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 +7 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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Renal disease and accidental falls: a review of published evidence. [PDF]
BMC Nephrol, 2015 The pathogenesis of falling is complex, and identification of risk factors may be essential for prevention. The relationship between renal disease and falls is unclear, and the goal of this study was to collect the available evidence and investigate the relationship between accidental falls and renal dysfunction.Electronic searches were performed in ...
López-Soto PJ +8 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 +13 more
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Directional measures of postural sway as predictors of balance instability and accidental falls. [PDF]
J Hum Kinet, 2016 Despite the obvious advantages and popularity of static posturography, universal standards for posturographic tests have not been developed thus far. Most of the center-of-foot pressure (COP) indices are strongly dependent on an individual experimental ...
Błaszczyk JW +6 more
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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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Risk factors for accidental falls during pregnancy – a systematic literature review [PDF]
Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2021 Introduction Falls during pregnancy occur in 25–27% of women and can cause serious harm to both the mother and the fetus. The objective of this systematic review was to identify intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for falls during pregnancy by reviewing
Ivana Hrvatin, Darja Rugelj
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Accidental falls and risk of mortality among older adults on chronic peritoneal dialysis.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2014 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES More than 40% of elderly hemodialysis patients experience one or more accidental falls within a 1-year period. Such falls are associated with higher mortality.
Farragher J +5 more
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Accidental falls and associated factors among the elderly in Thailand: a national cross-sectional study in 2007, 2011, 2014 and 2017 [PDF]
Journal of Health Research, 2022 Purpose – This study assesses the prevalence of accidental falls in Thailand's older adult population and the contingent influences surrounding this prevalence.
Pattaraporn Khongboon +1 more
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