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Chiara, Mussi, Galizia Gianluigi, Abete Pasquale, et al. "Unexplained Falls Are Frequent in Patients with Fall-Related Injury Admitted to Orthopaedic Wards: The UFO Study (Unexplained Falls in Older Patients)." Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research 2013 (2013): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/928603.

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To evaluate the incidence of unexplained falls in elderly patients affected by fall-related fractures admitted to orthopaedic wards, we recruited 246 consecutive patients older than 65 (mean age82±7years, range 65–101). Falls were defined “accidental” (fall explained by a definite accidental cause), “medical” (fall caused directly by a specific medical disease), “dementia-related” (fall in patients affected by moderate-severe dementia), and “unexplained” (nonaccidental falls, not related to a clear medical or drug-induced cause or with no apparent cause). According to the anamnestic features o

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Antes, Danielle Ledur, Ione Jayce Ceola Schneider, and Eleonora d'Orsi. "Mortality caused by accidental falls among the elderly: a time series analysis." Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia 18, no. 4 (2015): 769–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-9823.2015.14202.

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Introduction : The worldwide increase in the elderly population has highlighted the importance of accidental falls and their consequences.Objective: To perform time-trend analysis of the mortality rate from accidental falls in (1) the city of Florianópolis (2) the state of Santa Catarina and (3) Brazil. Method : A time-series study of data from the Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade ("the Mortality Information System") was performed. The variation in mortality caused by accidental falls was estimated using the joinpoint regression method, based on the International Disease Classification

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Nagata, Hisao. "Accidental Falls and Social Issues." Equilibrium Research 71, no. 2 (2012): 110–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3757/jser.71.110.

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Nevins, A., and R. Tideiksaar. "Accidental Falls of Elderly People." Gerontologist 30, no. 5 (1990): 718–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/30.5.718a.

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Nakamura-Thomas, Hiromi, Makoto Kyougoku, and Tore Bonsaksen. "Japanese Community-Living Older Adults’ Perceptions and Solutions Regarding Their Physical Home Environments." Home Health Care Management & Practice 31, no. 1 (2018): 16–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1084822318800697.

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This study examined perceived causes of accidental falls, the solutions implemented, and differences in scores on the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) based on experiences of accidental falls, implementation of solutions, and experiences of problems in participants’ current environments. Data were collected individually from Japanese community-living older adults. Of the 41 participants, 71% experienced accidental falls, 41.5% implemented solutions, and 39.0% experienced problems in their current environments. Some solutions were implemented, including both appropriate and inappropriate ones. The FE

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DeVincenzo, Doris K., and Sylvia Watkins. "Accidental Falls in a Rehabilitation Setting." Rehabilitation Nursing 12, no. 5 (1987): 248–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2048-7940.1987.tb01010.x.

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Senterre, Christelle, Alain Levêque, Lionel Di Pierdomenico, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, and Magali Pirson. "Epidemiology of Injuries in Belgium: Contribution of Hospital Data for Surveillance." BioMed Research International 2014 (2014): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/237486.

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Objectives. Investigating injuries in terms of occurrences and patient and hospital stay characteristics.Methods. 17370 stays, with at least one E code, were investigated based on data from 13 Belgian hospitals. Pearson’s chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess the variations between distributions of the investigated factors according to the injury’s types.Results. Major injuries were accidental falls, transport injuries, and self-inflicted injuries. There were more men in the transport injuries group and the accidental falls group was older. For the transport injuries, there w

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AlSahlawi, Aysha, Gillian Morantz, Caroline Lacroix, Christine Saint-Martin, and Roy W. R. Dudley. "Bilateral Parietal Skull Fractures in Infants Attributable to Accidental Falls." Pediatric Neurosurgery 56, no. 5 (2021): 424–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000516972.

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<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Multiple skull fractures, including bilateral parietal skull fractures (BPSFs) in infants are considered to be suspicious for abusive head trauma (AHT). The aim of this report is to describe a series of BPSF cases in infants which occurred due to accidental falls. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We searched our neuroradiology database for BPSF in infants (&#x3c;1 year old) diagnosed between 2006 and 2019; we reviewed initial presentation, mechanisms of injury, clinical course, head imaging, skeletal survey X-rays, ophthalmo

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Kingma, Johannes, and Henk-Jan Ten Duis. "Severity of Injuries Due to Accidental Fall across the Life Span: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills 90, no. 1 (2000): 62–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.2000.90.1.62.

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This retrospective study investigated injuries due to accidental fall across the life span for which 19,593 patients were admitted to the Emergency Unit of the Groningen University Hospital during the period 1990 through 1997. 64% of the accidental falls were found for those in the age range between 10 years and 59 years; however, the proportion of accidental falls with regard to other causes of injuries by age group were the highest in youngsters (infants up to 9 years old) and in elderly persons (over 60 years old), 43% or more of these patients having falls with injuries. The clinically tre

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Copeland, Arthur R. "Accidental Death due to Falls at Work." American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 10, no. 1 (1989): 17–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000433-198903000-00005.

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Tendas, A., L. Cupelli, M. M. Trawinska, et al. "Accidental falls in home care hematological patients." Supportive Care in Cancer 21, no. 8 (2013): 2087–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1828-1.

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Coll-Planas, Laura, Martina Kron, Silvia Sander, Ulrich Rißmann, Clemens Becker, and Thorsten Nikolaus. "Accidental falls among community-dwelling older adults." Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 39, no. 4 (2006): 277–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00391-006-0396-0.

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Ong, Kevin L., Edmund Lau, Tara Moore, and Michelle F. Heller. "Accidental falls involving medical implant re-operation." Injury 40, no. 10 (2009): 1088–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.007.

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Fischer, Barbara, Allison Midden, Aundrea Hoffmann, et al. "Stepping Out: A Novel Pilot Falls Prevention Program for Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (2020): 485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1568.

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Abstract Objectives: Falls are the leading source of accidental injury and hospitalization among adults over the age of 65. Relative to people with intact cognition, individuals with cognitive impairment are at increased risk for falls; however, few falls prevention programs exist to specifically reduce and prevent falls in this population. To address this issue, we developed a novel, multifactorial, cognitively-based falls prevention program, Stepping Out. Based on the popular and effective evidenced-based program, Stepping On, Stepping Out was modified and tailored to the learning needs of i

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Gawrońska, Karolina, and Jacek Lorkowski. "Falls, Aging and Public Health – a Literature Review." Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja 22, no. 6 (2020): 397–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.6044.

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Accidental falls in the elderly and their consequences are one of the leading causes of disability; they significantly reduce the quality of life and lead to loss of independence and impaired social functioning. This study presents selected issues regarding the causes of accidental falls and research tools for determining the risk of falls based on a review of the scientific literature available in English in the PubMed/ MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, PEDro databases and in Polish in the Polish Medical Bibliography and Polish Scientific Journals Database of 2015–2020, covering ori

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Blackwood, Jennifer, and Kateri Rybicki. "Assessment of Gait Speed and Timed Up and Go Measures as Predictors of Falls in Older Breast Cancer Survivors." Integrative Cancer Therapies 20 (January 2021): 153473542110064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15347354211006462.

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Background: Older breast cancer survivors are at an increased risk of loss of postural balance and accidental falls, however, the ability of clinical mobility measures to predict falls has not been determined. The purpose of this study was to examine the prognostic ability, sensitivity, and specificity to predict accidental falls in measures of gait speed and functional mobility in older breast cancer survivors. Methods: Thirty-four breast cancer survivors 65 years and older performed 3 measures of gait speed (GS) (usual, fast, dual-task) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) (TUG, TUG-Cognitive, TUG-Manu

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Fhon, Jack Roberto Silva, Suzele Cristina Coelho Fabrício-Wehbe, Thais Ramos Pereira Vendruscolo, Renata Stackfleth, Sueli Marques, and Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues. "Accidental falls in the elderly and their relation with functional capacity." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 20, no. 5 (2012): 927–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692012000500015.

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AIM: This study aimed to determinate the prevalence of falls in the elderly and its relationship with the functional capacity. METHOD: This is an epidemiological and cross-sectional study; a two-stage cluster sample of 240 male and female subjects aged over 60 years was used. Data were collected from November 2010 to February 2011. The following questionnaires were used: socio-demographic profile, assessment of falls, Functional Independence Measure, Lawton and Brody Scale. Significance was set at 0.05. To identify the occurrence of falls and their relation with functional capacity, the preval

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Wang, Hongwei, Yuan Zhang, Qiang Xiang, et al. "Epidemiology of traumatic spinal fractures: experience from medical university–affiliated hospitals in Chongqing, China, 2001–2010." Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 17, no. 5 (2012): 459–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2012.8.spine111003.

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Object The main objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiological data obtained from patients with traumatic spinal fracture at 2 university-affiliated hospitals in Chongqing, China. Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of all patients who suffered traumatic spinal fracture and were treated at Xinqiao Hospital and Southwest Hospital (both affiliated with The Third Military Medical University) between January 2001 and December 2010. The demographic characteristics, injury characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients over this 10-year period were compa

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Lungren, Matthew P., David Smith, James E. Carpenter, and Richard E. Hughes. "FALL-RELATED ROTATOR CUFF TEARS." Journal of Musculoskeletal Research 10, no. 02 (2006): 75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218957706001728.

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Tears of the rotator cuff tendons may occur as a result of tendon degeneration or from a single traumatic event but commonly a combination of these factors are in play. Rotator cuff tendon degeneration and accidental falls are both known to increase in incidence with increasing age. No study to date has sought to investigate the characteristic of accidental falls as a significant cause of injury in the rotator cuff tear population. We developed a 25 multi-step item questionnaire to investigate the source of injury in sixty rotator cuff tear patients. The majority, 32/60 (53.3%), reported a fal

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Mundell, Benjamin, Hilal Maradit Kremers, Sue Visscher, Kurtis Hoppe, and Kenton Kaufman. "Direct medical costs of accidental falls for adults with transfemoral amputations." Prosthetics and Orthotics International 41, no. 6 (2017): 564–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309364617704804.

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Background: Active individuals with transfemoral amputations are provided a microprocessor-controlled knee with the belief that the prosthesis reduces their risk of falling. However, these prostheses are expensive and the cost-effectiveness is unknown with regard to falls in the transfemoral amputation population. The direct medical costs of falls in adults with transfemoral amputations need to be determined in order to assess the incremental costs and benefits of microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees. Objective: We describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral

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Digvijay, Vaghela, Barot Dushyantkumar, Modi Nisarg, J.Mehta Tapan, and Patel Parth. "Fall from Height- A Comprehensive Retrospective Study at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital." International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Research 14, no. 3 (2024): 207–11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12817022.

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When a person loses consciousness while standing or walking, they may fall. The direction of the fall (forward, backward, or sideways) depends on various factors. When someone jumps or accidentally falls from a height, different factors influence the types and patterns of injuries they sustain. In this study, we examined autopsies conducted at the VSGH mortuary over a three-year period from 2011 to 2013. We performed 1111 autopsies in 2011, 1181 in 2012, and 1240 in 2013, and among these cases, 5.52% were due to falls from a height. We discovered that over 87% of these deaths were the result o

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Ohde, Sachiko, Mineko Terai, Osamu Takahashi, Aya Oizumi, Miwako Takekata, and Tsuguya Fukui. "4. Accidental Falls and Prevention Program among Inpatients." Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 101, no. 12 (2012): 3396–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/naika.101.3396.

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Lee, Kai H. "Epidemiology of Facial Fractures Secondary to Accidental Falls." Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 21, no. 1-2 (2009): 33–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0915-6992(09)80018-6.

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Syrjälä, Pirjo, Heikki Luukinen, Juhani Pyhtinen, and Uolevi Tolonen. "Neurological diseases and accidental falls of the aged." Journal of Neurology 250, no. 9 (2003): 1063–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-003-0152-y.

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Muggenthaler, H., M. Hubig, A. Meierhofer, and G. Mall. "Slip and tilt: modeling falls over railings." International Journal of Legal Medicine 135, no. 1 (2020): 245–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02432-8.

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AbstractFalls over railings are frequent case scenarios forensic experts are confronted with. An important issue is the differentiation of accidental and non-accidental falling scenarios. From a biomechanical point of view, this is a challenging task and should be addressed in a multifactorial approach. This work presents a simplified mechanical model in terms of a cranked rod that can be used in cases without relevant dynamic components in terms of pushing or jumping. If the anti-slip and the anti-tilt condition are violated, the possibility for a person to get over a railing should be assume

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Fronczek, Judith, and Roger W. Byard. "Accidental adult deaths involving ladders: A forensic perspective." Medicine, Science and the Law 60, no. 1 (2019): 16–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025802419879269.

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A retrospective study was undertaken of autopsy cases at the Forensic Science South Australia state mortuary over a 20-year period from January 1999 to December 2018 for all cases aged ≥18 years where a ladder was mentioned in the death scene description and/or police reports. Twelve cases were identified, all of whom were male, with an average age of 56 years (range 21–83 years). The most frequent cause of death was a fall from a ladder ( n = 8; 66%), followed by electrocution ( n = 4; 33%). The falls were associated with deaths from blunt injuries, impalement and laceration. The age range of

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Cardoso, Leticia Silveira, Letice Dalla Lana, Cynthia Fontella Sant’Anna, Josefine Busanello, Valdecir Zavarese da Costa, and Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz. "Acidentes por quedas: assistência profissional na estratégia saúde da família." Revista Recien - Revista Científica de Enfermagem 10, no. 32 (2020): 194–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.24276/rrecien2020.10.32.194-204.

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O acidente por queda representa a terceira maior causa de morte no país, fomentando ações multiprofissionais de promoção, proteção e recuperação da saúde. O estudo objetivou conhecer a assistência dos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família nos acidentes por quedas. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo-analítico, transversal ao processo de trabalho de 72 profissionais vinculados a oito equipes de Saúde da Família de um município da fronteira oeste do Rio Grande do Sul. As entrevistas foram gravadas, digitalizadas e organizadas em um banco de dados no formato de texto. Os dados f

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Farragher, Janine, Tasleem Rajan, Ernest Chiu, et al. "Equivalent Fall Risk in Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis." Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis 36, no. 1 (2016): 67–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3747/pdi.2014.00163.

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♦ BackgroundAccidental falls are common in the hemodialysis (HD) population. The high fall rate has been attributed to a combination of aging, kidney disease-related morbidity, and HD treatment-related hazards. We hypothesized that patients maintained on peritoneal dialysis (PD) would have fewer falls than those on chronic HD. The objective of this study was to compare the falls risk between cohorts of elderly patients maintained on HD and PD, using prospective data from a large academic dialysis facility.♦ MethodsPatients aged 65 years or over on chronic in-hospital HD and PD at the Universit

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Brandis, Susan J., and Amanda T. Tuite. "Falls prevention: partnering occupational therapy and general practitioners." Australian Health Review 24, no. 1 (2001): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah010037.

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The Falls STOP project was a partnership between general practitioners (GPs) and occupational therapists with thecommon goal to reduce accidental falls in the elderly. A home visiting service was implemented that included theorganisation of home modifications, education on falls prevention strategies and referral to other community services.The pilot demonstrated some valuable benefits to sixty-eight clients referred to the program by twenty GPs. A numberof resources were developed such as a falls risk questionnaire completed by patients while waiting to see the doctor, anda falls prevention e

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Thomsen, Mikkel Jacobi, Matthew Liston, Merete Grothe Christensen, Peter Vestergaard, and Rogerio Hirata. "A Combination of Web-based and In-Person Training Reduced Fall Accidents in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Iproceedings 8, no. 1 (2022): e41105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/41105.

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Background Fall accidents in older adults are associated with reduced quality of life, personal health issues, and earlier deaths. Previous studies have found that both physical and cognitive parameters influence the risk of falling in older adults. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020-2021) in Denmark, web-based training was the safest option for training, although its effectiveness was uncertain. Objective The purpose of this stratified, block randomized trial was to examine the effect of two types of web-based and in-person training—salsa dance and regular fitness circuit—in two trai

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Dolan, Hanne, Janet Pohl, Keenan Pituch, and David Coon. "PERCEIVED BALANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-REPORTED FALLS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (2023): 597–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.1955.

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Abstract Accidental falls are a significant health threat among older adults. Approximately 30% of adults age 65 and older suffer one or more falls each year. Most accidental falls are preventable, and older adults’ engagement in fall prevention is imperative. Limited research suggest that older adults do not use the term “fall risk” to describe their risk for falls. Instead, they commonly use the term “balance problems.” The aim of this study was to examine how perceived balance problems is associated with self-reported falls in the past month after controlling for known predictors of falls a

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Tinsley, Elizabeth. "Minor injuries and ailments. 5: Falls and accidental injury." Journal of Health Visiting 4, no. 5 (2016): 254–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/johv.2016.4.5.254.

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Mathis, Robert D., Stephen H. Levine, and Sue Phifer. "AN ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENTAL FREE FALLS FROM A HEIGHT." Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 34, no. 1 (1993): 123–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005373-199301000-00023.

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Slade, Susan C., David L. Carey, Anne-Marie Hill, and Meg E. Morris. "Effects of falls prevention interventions on falls outcomes for hospitalised adults: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis." BMJ Open 7, no. 11 (2017): e017864. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017864.

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IntroductionFalls are a major global public health problem and leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury and hospitalisation. Falls in hospital are associated with longer length of stay, readmissions and poor outcomes. Falls prevention is informed by knowledge of reversible falls risk factors and accurate risk identification. The extent to which hospital falls are prevented by evidence-based practice, patient self-management initiatives, environmental modifications and optimisation of falls prevention systems awaits confirmation. Published reviews have mainly evaluated community sett

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Kingma, Johannes, and Henk-Jan Ten Duis. "Injuries Due to School Sports Accidents in 4 to 13-Yr.-Old Children." Perceptual and Motor Skills 90, no. 1 (2000): 319–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.2000.90.1.319.

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505 kindergarten and primary school children from 4 to 13 years of age were treated for school sports injuries during the period 1990–1997. The incidence of injuries increased statistically significantly from .5 per 1,000 children 4- to 5-yr.-old to 4.8 injured children per 1,000 in 12- to 13-yr.-old. 59% of the injuries involved upper extremities; 35% of these were in the wrist region. 33.5% of the injuries were of the lower extremities, with 50% being of the feet and 36.4% of the ankle. Accidental falls were the main situation (53%) in which school sport accidents occurred. Nearly 65% of the

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Crump, Casey, Kristina Sundquist, Marilyn A. Winkleby, and Jan Sundquist. "Mental disorders and risk of accidental death." British Journal of Psychiatry 203, no. 4 (2013): 297–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123992.

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BackgroundLittle is known about accidental death risks among psychiatric patients.AimsTo examine this issue in the most comprehensive study to date.MethodNational cohort study of all Swedish adults (n = 6 908 922) in 2001–2008.ResultsThere were 22 419 (0.3%) accidental deaths in the total population, including 5933 (0.9%) accidental deaths v. 3731 (0.6%) suicides among psychiatric patients (n = 649 051). Of persons who died from accidents, 26.0% had any psychiatric diagnosis v. 9.4% in the general population. Accidental death risk was four- to sevenfold among personality disorders, six- to sev

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Stubbs, Brendon. "Do nurses and their assistants hold the key to reducing falls in institutionalized older adults?" International Psychogeriatrics 23, no. 7 (2010): 1189–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s104161021000236x.

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In general medicine, falls among older adults and the consequences of such falls have been the focus of a plethora of empirical and scholarly research efforts. This is for good reason since falls are the leading cause of accidental death in older adults and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality (Currie, 2006). It is estimated that between a third and a half of adults aged over 65 years fall each year (Lim et al., 2001). The cost to healthcare systems is significant; for example, in the U.S.A. non-fatal falls cost between $16 billion and $19 billion per annum (Stevens et al., 2006). Desp

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Brandao, Samanta, and Karina Bustamante. "Prevention of falls in older adults: analysis of effective interventions." Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation / Rehabilitacion Interdisciplinaria 6 (January 1, 2026): 4. https://doi.org/10.56294/ri20264.

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Background: Accidental falls in older adults represent a phenomenon of recurrence and considerable severity since they affect the loss of independence and reduce the person's mobility capabilities, which contributes to premature admission of older adults to nursing homes in the short or long term. long term. It is imperative to study the effective prevention of these events to improve the quality of life of this population. The objective is to analyze effective interventions to prevent accidental falls and their physical consequences to improve the quality of life of older adults and sociodemo

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Skog, Ole-Jørgen. "Alcohol consumption and mortality rates from traffic accidents, accidental falls, and other accidents in 14 European countries." Addiction 96, no. 1 (2001): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09652140020021170.

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Skog, Ole-Jørgen. "Alcohol consumption and mortality rates from traffic accidents, accidental falls, and other accidents in 14 European countries." Addiction 96, no. 1s1 (2001): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.96.1s1.4.x.

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Cho, Ok-Hee, and Jeongeun Yoon. "Epidemiology of Accidental Injuries at Home and Related Risk Factors for Mortality among Older Adults in South Korea: A Retrospective Cohort Study." Medicina 60, no. 4 (2024): 593. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040593.

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Background and Objectives: Accidental home injuries among older adults are increasing globally, but reporting is limited. This study aims to establish foundational data for program development and policies to prevent accidental injuries at home in older adults by using data on the occurrence of accidental injuries at home and analyzing the risk factors of mortality due to accidental injuries among adults aged 65 years and older. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study used data from the community-based Severe Trauma Survey in South Korea. This study identified general, injury-related,

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Shapiro, Evelyn. "Hospital Use by Elderly Manitobans Resulting From An Injury." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 7, no. 2 (1988): 125–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800007364.

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ABSTRACTThe results of examining all hospitalizations of the elderly consequent to injury in one Canadian province indicate that 66.3% were for accidental falls and 21.3% were for “other accidents” and for adverse effects of therapeutic regimens. Nursing home residents were significantly more likely to be hospitalized for falls than community dwellers but very elderly institutionalized females, who comprise 40% of the nursing home population, used significantly fewer days than their community peers.

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Coats, Brittany, and Susan S. Margulies. "Potential for head injuries in infants from low-height falls." Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2, no. 5 (2008): 321–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/ped.2008.2.11.321.

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Object Falls are the most common accident scenario in young children as well as the most common history provided in child abuse cases. Understanding the biomechanics of falls provides clinicians with objective data to aid in their diagnosis of accidental or inflicted trauma. The objective of this study was to determine impact forces and angular accelerations associated with low-height falls in infants. Methods An instrumented anthropomorphic infant surrogate was created to measure the forces and 3D angular accelerations associated with falls from low heights (0.3–0.9 m) onto a mattress, carpet

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Casati, Alberto, Stefano Granieri, Stefania Cimbanassi, Elisa Reitano, and Osvaldo Chiara. "Falls from Height. Analysis of Predictors of Death in a Single-Center Retrospective Study." Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 10 (2020): 3175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103175.

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Falls from height (FFH) represent a distinct form of blunt trauma in urban areas. This study aimed to identify independent predictors of in-hospital mortality after accidental or intentional falls in different age groups. We conducted a retrospective study of all patients consecutively admitted after a fall in eight years, recording mechanism, intentionality, height of fall, age, site, classification of injuries, and outcome. We built multivariate regression models to identify independent predictors of mortality. A total of 948 patients with 82 deaths were observed. Among the accidental falls,

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Mallmann, Danielli Gavião, Darleni Rosa Tambara, Karina Silveira de Almeida Hammerschmidt, and Beatriz Franchini. "Causalidade das quedas em idosos." Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line 3, no. 4 (2009): 1177. http://dx.doi.org/10.5205/reuol.581-3802-1-rv.0304200950.

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Objective: to identify the predisposing factors in the literature falls in the elderly. Methods: this was about a review in databases Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google Scholar (Google Scholar) and the library collection of UNIPAMPA, using the descriptors: falls and falls in the elderly. Inclusion criteria were: 1) Publication of the period 2000-2009, 2) publication which deals expressly falls in the elderly, and the exclusion criteria: 1) Publications International, 2) Subjects of falls in older people focused on specificity. Results: we found 16 articles on the subject

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Hegeman, Judith, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Jacques Duysens, and Jacques van Limbeek. "NSAIDs and the Risk of Accidental Falls in the Elderly." Drug Safety 32, no. 6 (2009): 489–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200932060-00005.

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Uthayakumar R., Rama V, and Sabitha Devi C. "Epidemiologies of Fatal Ground Level Falls in Autopsies Conducted in A Tertiary Care Hospital: A cross sectional Study." Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 18, no. 1 (2024): 147–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.37506/kty65s31.

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Background: Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Falls not only causes Mortality, but also Morbidity resulting in disabilities and loss of productivity. Death due to falls not only occurs in victims falling from a height but also in Ground level falls.Aim: To study the age and sex distribution, place, surface, time, and outcome of fatal accidental Ground LevelFalls.Methods: The present study was carried out as a descriptive study in which medico legal autopsies of 115 victims of ground level fall victims were included. Lettule’s method of en masse remova

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O'Reilly, James T. "The elder, the fall, and the U.S. government: reducing injury and death from accidental falls." International Journal for Consumer and Product Safety 2, no. 3 (1995): 133–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09298349508945753.

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Milutinovic, Dragana, Mirjana Martinov-Cvejin, and Svetlana Simic. "Patients' falls and injuries during hospitalization as quality indicators of work in hospitals." Medical review 62, no. 5-6 (2009): 249–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/mpns0906249m.

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The number of patients' falls and injuries happening during their hospital treatment is a good quality indicator of safety of in-patients. A fall is of multifactorial etiology, and its causes are usually classified into intrinsic and extrinsic factors. According to Jenise Morse there are three categories of falls among inpatients: accidental, non-anticipated physiologic and anticipated physiologic fall. Fall induced injuries in clinical and hospital settings are mostly categorized into five groups: no injury, minor injury, moderate injury, severe injury and lethal injury. The number of in-pati

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Austin, Publishing Group. "Use of Benzodiazepines and Fall Risk Assessment in Older Adult Patients." Journal of Family Medicine 12, no. 1 (2025): 1377. https://doi.org/10.26420/jfammed.2025.1377.

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Abstract <strong>Background:</strong> Among the most common changes in older adults are a decrease in muscle fibers, loss of muscle strength, visual deficit and difficulty maintaining balances, which are themselves factors that produce greater vulnerability to falls. The medications associated with a higher frequency of falls we have antihypertensive, antidiabetics and psychotropic such as benzodiazepines, producing this last one muscle weakness, ataxia, sedation, memory alterations of which muscle weakness could be what doubles the risk of falls in people over 65 years of age. <strong>Ob

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