Background With increasing life expectancy, declining mortality, and birth rates, the world's
geriatric population is increasing. Falls in the older people are one of the most common and …

Background There is increasing recognition that the use of certain medications contributes
to falls in seniors. Our objective was to update a previously completed meta-analysis looking …

Injuries resulting from falls in elderly people are a major public-health concern, representing
one of the main causes of longstanding pain, functional impairment, disability, and death in …

Nearly every nation is experiencing rapid population aging. One area of major concern is
health; a major health risk for older adults is falling, and there are multiple negative …

This work aims to provide an inventory of the risk factors and consequences of falling in the
elderly, namely fractures, and to identify strategies to prevent falls and minimise their effects …

Concerns about sleep problems and falls in older adults are significant. This article reviews
the association between sleep problems and falls in community-dwelling adults aged 65 …

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined balance-, strength-, and jumping-
exercise intervention on a mini-trampoline performed by older women with osteopenia on …

Background We have previously shown that short sessions of whole body vibration (WBV)
were not able to significantly improve fall risk among nursing home residents but some …

This work proposes the design of nanoparticles based on locus bean gum (LBG) and
chitosan to be used as oral immunoadjuvant for vaccination purposes. LBG-based …

This paper presents the development of a flexible, multi-axis, intensity modulated-based
fiber-optic force sensor for concurrently measuring normal and shear forces. The proposed …