tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Fall risk in an active elderly population – can it be assessed?"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Fall risk in an active elderly population – can it be assessed? | Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine BioMed Central Research Open Access Fall risk in an active elderly population - can it be assessed Uffe Laessoe 1 Hans C Hoeckt2 Ole Simonsent3 Thomas SinkjaeH1 and Michael Voigtf1 Address 1Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction SMI Aalborg University Fredrik Bajers vej Aalborg Denmark 2Center for Clinical and Basic Research Hobrovej Aalborg Denmark and 3Northern Orthopedic Division Aalborg Hospital part of Aarhus University Hospital Hobrovej Aalborg Denmark Email Uffe Laessoe - ul@ Hans C Hoeck - hch@ Ole Simonsen - os@ Thomas Sinkjaer - ts@ Michael Voigt - mv@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 26 January 2007 Received II May 2006 Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2007 6 2 doi 1477-5751-6-2 Accepted 26January 2007 This article is available from http content 6 I 2 2007 Laessoe et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Falls amongst elderly people are often associated with fractures. Training of balance and physical performance can reduce fall risk however it remains a challenge to identify individuals at increased risk of falling to whom this training should be offered. It is believed that fall risk can be assessed by testing balance performance. In this study a test battery of physiological parameters related to balance and falls was designed to address fall risk in a community dwelling elderly population. Results Ninety-four elderly males and females between 70 and 80 years of age were included in a one year follow-up study. A fall incidence of 15 was reported. The test battery scores were not different between the fallers and non-fallers. Test scores were .