Accidental Falls

In this commentary, we describe the sarcopenia spectrum that results in frailty and consider the impact of several components of… (More)

Vitamin D has known importance to bone health including calcium and phosphate homeostasis and appears to have a role in skeletal… (More)

CONTEXT Improving vitamin D status may be an important modifiable risk factor to reduce falls and fractures; however, adherence… (More)

The paper advocates and implements a new panel structure model to investigate the club convergence hypothesis. The model consists… (More)

BACKGROUND knowledge of the circumstances and consequences of falls in older adults is important for understanding the aetiology… (More)

BACKGROUND Falls warrant investigation as a risk factor for nursing home admission because falls are common and are associated… (More)

BACKGROUND This study provides a replication of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) and a head-to-head comparison with the Activities… (More)

We developed the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), an instrument to measure fear of falling, based on the operational definition of… (More)

Falls are a major threat to the health of older persons. We evaluated potential risk factors for falls in 325 community-dwelling… (More)

To study risk factors for falling, we conducted a one-year prospective investigation, using a sample of 336 persons at least 75… (More)