scholarly journals An Approach to Assessment of the Fall Risk for the Elderly by Probe Reaction Time during Walking

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hu ◽  
Hitoshi Maruyama ◽  
Sumikazu Akiyama
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Probe Reaction Time

scholarly journals Assessment of the Fall Risk for the Elderly by Probe Reaction Time During Rhythmic Stabilization

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Ming Huo ◽  
Kimiko Tajiri ◽  
Ke Yin ◽  
Hitoshi Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Probe Reaction Time

Creating a Safer Patient Room Environment: The Contribution of Patient Bed Height

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
Dorothy Taylor ◽  
Janice Morse ◽  
Andrew Merryweather
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patient ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Lower Leg ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Patient Room ◽  
Patient Falls ◽  
Sit To Stand ◽  
Bed Height

Elderly patient falls are expensive and may cause serious harm. Studies have identified the sit-to-stand-and-walk (STSW) task as the task where the greatest number of elderly patient falls occur. There is a great need to identify the particular movement and environmental conditions that lead to these elderly patient falls. This study begins to address this gap by evaluating the elderly patient during self-selected hospital bed egress. Using an observed fall risk episode (FRE) as a fall proxy, statistically significant parameters were identified which include bed height, pausing prior to initiating gait, level of fall risk, and Stand phase. Low bed height was identified as the least safe bed height. Patient-specific bed height (PSBH) using the patient’s lower leg length (LLL) is recommended. In addition, suggested guidelines are presented for clinical application in setting PSBH without measuring the patient’s LLL.

VIDEO GAMES AND THE ELDERLY

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Goldstein ◽  
Lara Cajko ◽  
Mark Oosterbroek ◽  
Moniek Michielsen ◽  
Oscar Van Houten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Color Word ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Word Test ◽  
Stroop Color Word Test

This study examined the effects of playing video games (Super Tetris) on the reaction time, cognitive/perceptual adaptability, and emotional well-being of 22 noninstitutionalized elderly people aged 69 to 90. Volunteers in an elderly community in the Netherlands were randomly assigned to a videogameplaying experimental group or a nonplaying control group. The televisions of the 10 videogame players were provided with Nintendo SuperNes systems. Participants played Super Tetris 5 hours a week for 5 weeks, and maintained a log of their play. Before and after this play period, measures of reaction time (Sternberg Test; Steinberg, 1969), cognitive/perceptual adaptability (Stroop Color Word Test; Stroop, 1935), and emotional well-being (self-report questionnaire) were administered. Playing video games was related to a significant improvement in the Sternberg reaction time task, and to a relative increase in selfreported well-being. On the Stroop Color Word Test, both the experimental and control groups improved significantly, but the difference between groups was not statistically significant. The videogame-playing group had faster reaction times and felt a more positive sense of well-being compared to their nonplaying counterparts. Consistent with previous research on video games and the elderly, the present study finds the strongest effects on measures of reaction time, and the weakest effects on cognitive performance measures. Explanations and alternative interpretations of these findings are discussed.

Sensitivity of a modified version of the ‘timed get up and go’ test to predict fall risk in the elderly: A pilot study

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. e60-e66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giné-Garriga ◽  
Míriam Guerra ◽  
Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo ◽  
Carme Martin ◽  
Viswanath B. Unnithan
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
The Elderly

scholarly journals Comparison of Fall Risk Assessment Tools for Older Indonesian Adults in the Elderly Home and the Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Indri Hapsari Susilowati ◽  
Susiana Nugraha ◽  
Sabarinah Sabarinah ◽  
Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan ◽  
Supa Pengpid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Risk Assessment Tool ◽  
Fall Risk Assessment ◽  
Elderly Home ◽  
Balance Confidence ◽  
Confidence Scale

Introduction: One of the causes of disability among elderly is falling. The ability to predict the risk of falls among this group is important so that the appropriate treatment can be provided to reduce the risk. The objective of this study was to compare the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries (STEADI) Initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JHFRAT) from the Johns Hopkins University. Methods: This study used the STEADI tool, JHFRAT, Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), and The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The study areas were in community and elderly home in both public and private sectors and the samples were 427 after cleaning. Results: The results for the STEADI and JHFRAT tools were similar where the respondents at highest risk of falling among women (STEADI: 49%; JHFRAT: 3.4%), in Bandung area (63.5%; 5.4%), in private homes (63.3%; 4.4%), non-schools (54.6%; 6.2%), aged 80 or older (64.8%; 6.7%) and not working (48.9%;3.3%). The regression analysis indicated that there was a significant relationship between the risk factors for falls in the elderly determined by the JHFRAT and STEADI tools: namely, region, type of home, age, disease history, total GDS and ABC averages. Conclusion: Despite the similarity in the risk factors obtained through these assessments, there was a significant difference between the results for the STEADI tool and the JHFRAT. The test strength was 43%. However, STEADI is more sensitive to detect fall risk smong elderly than JHFRATKeywords: Activities-Specific Balance Confidence scale, elderly, fall risk,The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool, the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries

Stepping reaction time and gait adaptability are significantly impaired in people with Parkinson's disease: Implications for fall risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Joana D. Caetano ◽  
Stephen R. Lord ◽  
Natalie E. Allen ◽  
Matthew A. Brodie ◽  
Jooeun Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Fall Risk
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