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  1. The visual system plays an important role in maintaining balance. As a person ages, gait becomes slower and stride becomes shorter, especially in dimly lighted environments. Falls risk has been associated with...

    Authors: Mariana G Figueiro, Barbara Plitnick, Mary S Rea, Laura Z Gras and Mark S Rea
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:49
  2. Fall incidents represent an increasing public health problem in aging societies worldwide. A major risk factor for falls is the use of fall-risk increasing drugs. The primary aim of the study is to compare the...

    Authors: Klaas A Hartholt, Nicole DA Boyé, Nathalie Van der Velde, Esther MM Van Lieshout, Suzanne Polinder, Oscar J De Vries, Albert JH Kerver, Gijsbertus Ziere, Milko MM Bruijninckx, Mark R De Vries, Francesco US Mattace-Raso, André G Uitterlinden, Ed F Van Beeck, Paul Lips, Peter Patka and Tischa JM Van der Cammen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:48
  3. Medical decision making has long been in focus, but little is known of the preferences and conditions for elderly people with co-morbidities to participate in medical decision making. The main objective of the...

    Authors: Anne W Ekdahl, Lars Andersson, Ann-Britt Wiréhn and Maria Friedrichsen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:46
  4. Community-dwelling older people aged 65+ years sustain falls frequently; these can result in physical injuries necessitating medical attention including emergency department care and hospitalisation. Certain h...

    Authors: Trang Vu, Caroline F Finch and Lesley Day
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:45
  5. Evidence from pilot trials suggests that structured learning techniques may have positive effects on the performance of cognitive tasks, movement sequences or skills in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The p...

    Authors: Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Rainer Leonhart, Marcel Olde Rikkert, Roy Kessels and Michael Hüll
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:44
  6. Most prior studies have focused on short-term (≤ 2 years) functional declines. But those studies cannot address aging effects inasmuch as all participants have aged the same amount. Therefore, the authors stud...

    Authors: Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne E Bentler, Jason Hockenberry, Michael P Jones, Maksym Obrizan, Paula AM Weigel, Brian Kaskie and Robert B Wallace
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:43
  7. Interest in measuring functional status among nondisabled older adults has increased in recent years. This is, in part, due to the notion that adults identified as 'high risk' for functional decline portray a ...

    Authors: Robert A Fieo, Elizabeth J Austin, John M Starr and Ian J Deary
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:42
  8. Delirium is a common and serious condition, which affects many of our older hospitalised patients. It is an indicator of severe underlying illness and requires early diagnosis and prompt treatment, associated ...

    Authors: Mei Sian Chong, Mark PC Chan, Jasmine Kang, Huey Charn Han, Yew Yoong Ding and Thai Lian Tan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:41

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