Increasing data suggest that higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] serum concentrations are advantageous for health. At present, strong evidence for causality is available for fracture and fall prevention, while promising epidemiologic and mechanistic ...
Vitamin D is essential in bone and muscle health. Severe deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels < 25 nmol/l) can result in rickets and osteomalacia, fractures, myopathy and falls. All recent recommendations on vitamin D agree that children and ...
For decades, vitamin D has been known to be essential in the development, function, and maintenance of healthy bones through the regulation of calcium homeostasis throughout life. Sufficient vitamin D prevents the occurrence of rickets in children and ...
Falls in the elderly are common with consecutive high mortality and morbidity. Recent consecutive data focus on identification and therapy of intrinsic risk factors. Sarcopenia, imbalance and gait disorders represent the major risk factors. Sarcopenia is ...
Targeted Training Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Falls and Hip FracturesAbstract. Over the last 20 years, some home based training studies have been published regarding post-treatment of hip fracture patients. The ...
The Older the Hiker, the More Severe the Injury – a Retrospective Analysis of Mountain Hiking Accidents in the Swiss Alps from 2009 to 2018Abstract. Hiking is a regular activity of the elderly, however, the ...
Since approximately 30% of persons over the age of 65 fall each year, prevention of falls is a very important topic. Gait disorders and diminished ability to walk safely are associated with an increased risk of falling. In older adults, falls commonly ...
Abstract. This pre/posttest study investigated the effect of A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falls (MOB) on balance confidence in older adults. MOB is an evidence-based program designed to decrease fear of falling and increase activity in ...
Abstract. The Chinese version of the Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS-C) was discovered to have good discriminative power between older fallers from nonfallers, and it shows potential as a novel fall prediction tool by assessing conscious motor ...
Abstract. A growing body of research demonstrates an association between gait disorders, falls, and attentional capacities in older adults. The present work empirically analyzes differences in gait parameters in frail institutionalized older adults as a ...
Zusammenfassung. Stürze gehören zu den häufigsten und komplexesten geriatrischen Syndromen. Sie tragen nicht nur zu einem beträchtlichen Anteil zur erhöhten Krankheits- und Sterberate bei, sondern auch zu funktionalen Einbußen, der Angst erneut zu stürzen ...