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    Evaluation of the risk of falling in institution-dwelling elderly: clinical tests versus biomechanical analysis of stepping-up

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    Authors
    Michel-Pellegrino, Valerie
    Hewson, David
    Drieux, Michele
    Duchêne, Jacques
    Issue Date
    2007-12-31
    Subjects
    falls
    elderly
    
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    Falls in the elderly constitute a major socio-economic problem for modern healthcare. The aim of the study was to extract biomechanical parameters to indicate balance level and the risk of falling in the elderly. It is a preliminary work as part of the development of a home-test based on force-plate technology. Seven faller and 12 non-faller elderly subjects performed stepped up onto a forceplate. Each subject was tested once per weekday for three weeks. Tinetti, Mini Mental Scale test (MMS) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) scores were measured before the experimentations. Temporal and ground reaction force parameters were measured. The Tinetti test was not correlated with falls in the following six-month period. In contrast, the biomechanical parameters related to the forces measured at foot-contact and to the durations of the phases of the stepping-up were correlated with fall, as well as with MMS and GDS. These results demonstrated that biomechanical parameters could be used as indicators of balance and risk of fall.
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    Michel-Pellegrino V, Hewson DJ, Drieux M, Duchêne J (2007) 'Evaluation of the risk of falling in institution-dwelling elderly: clinical tests versus biomechanical analysis of stepping-up', Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2007 (), pp.6122-5.
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    IEEE
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    Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623102
    DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353746
    PubMed ID
    18003412
    Additional Links
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4353746
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1557-170X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353746
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