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dc.contributor.authorMichel-Pellegrino, Valerieen
dc.contributor.authorHewson, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorDrieux, Micheleen
dc.contributor.authorDuchêne, Jacquesen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-28T13:12:58Z
dc.date.available2019-01-28T13:12:58Z
dc.date.issued2007-12-31
dc.identifier.citationMichel-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.en
dc.identifier.issn1557-170X
dc.identifier.pmid18003412
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353746
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/623102
dc.description.abstractFalls 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.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.urlhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4353746en
dc.subjectfallsen
dc.subjectelderlyen
dc.titleEvaluation of the risk of falling in institution-dwelling elderly: clinical tests versus biomechanical analysis of stepping-upen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalConference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conferenceen
dc.date.updated2019-01-28T13:07:33Z
html.description.abstractFalls 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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