Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the extended TUG test in elderly participants [PDF]
, 2020 Background: To analyse the reliability, variance and execution time of the Extended Timed Up and Go (Extended TUG) test in three age groups of elderly participants (G1: 55–64 years; G2: 65–74 years; G3: 75–85 years).
Bedoya-Belmonte, Juan José +5 more
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American Geriatrics Society Policy Brief: COVID‐19 and Nursing Homes
Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020 This policy brief sets forth the American Geriatrics Society's (AGS's) recommendations to guide federal, state, and local governments when making decisions about care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in nursing homes (NHs) and other ...
Daniel E Trucil
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016 Introduction: Motivated by the contracting nature of the Portuguese age pyramid, and thereby the ever increasing geriatric population, the aim of this study was to compare the number of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System Credits dedicated ...
Mariana Amaral +3 more
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Systematically searching for and assessing the literature for self-management of chronic pain: A lay users' perspective [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014 Schofield et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: The Engaging with older adults in the development of strategies for the self management of chronic pain (EOPIC) study aims to design and develop self management strategies to enable older ...
Anthony, G +11 more
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Outcomes and Impact of Fragility Fracture among Geriatrics Patients who Underwent Hip Surgery in Hospital Kuala Lumpur [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Fragility fractures are common in the elderly. It is associated with increased mortality, reduced mobility, and poorer quality of life. In addition, post-operative functional outcomes are limited locally.
Lim HT, Chong EGM, Yau WK, Abdul-Halim H
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‘Managing pieces of a personal puzzle’ — older people’s experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Exercise is effective in order to prevent falls in community-dwelling older people. Self-management programs have the potential to increase access and reduce costs related to exercise-based fall prevention.
Helena Lindgren, Helena +6 more
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Postoperative care in geriatrics
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017 Treatment of the elderly is becoming increasingly common problem and is of interest, because in the future this phenomenon will affect most of us. For many years, he observed in different countries increasingly rapid aging of the population, including in
Grzegorz Ulenberg +4 more
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Geriatrics: Medicine of the 21st Century ?
Medicina, 2017 Study model: an analytical study on progress in the area of Brazilian Geriatrics in the period between the end of the 20th century and the present moment.
Milton Luiz Gorzoni
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Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people: A qualitative study [PDF]
, 2013 Background Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur.
A Bergland +77 more
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Geriatrics 5Ms for Primary Care Workshop
MedEdPORTAL, 2019 Introduction The Geriatrics 5Ms provide a novel framework for caring for older adults that directly maps to the current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies in geriatrics for internal and family medicine ...
Sarah C. Phillips +3 more
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