Evaluation of the Frails' Fall Efficacy by Comparing Treatments (EFFECT) on reducing fall and fear of fall in moderately frail older adults: study protocol for a randomised control trial

Kwok, Boon Chong; Mamun, Kaysar; Chandran, Manju; Wong, Chek Hooi

doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-155

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“…The study included 73 community-dwelling older adults above 60 years old and participants were primarily excluded for significant cognitive disorder (Abbreviated Mental Test score below 7 for 60-74 years old, below 6 for 75 years old and above), and unstable medical or surgical conditions (Kwok et al, 2011).…”

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“…The study sample was derived from the randomized controlled trial "Evaluation of the Frails' Fall Efficacy by Comparing Treatments" (EFFECT) study and detailed recruitment inclusion and exclusion criteria have been described elsewhere (Kwok et al, 2011). The study included 73 community-dwelling older adults above 60 years old and participants were primarily excluded for significant cognitive disorder (Abbreviated Mental Test score below 7 for 60-74 years old, below 6 for 75 years old and above), and unstable medical or surgical conditions (Kwok et al, 2011).…”

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Novel use of the Wii Balance Board to prospectively predict falls in community-dwelling older adults

Kwok¹,

Clark

Pua

2015

Clinical Biomechanics

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Novel use of the Wii Balance Board to prospectively predict falls in community-dwelling older adults

Kwok¹,

Clark

Pua

2015

Clinical Biomechanics

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“…The device is a 23×43cm platform that wirelessly transmits vertical ground reaction forces from under each corner as a user stands or moves on its surface. Commercial games using the WBB have been investigated as potential balance test substitutes [1,2], possible interventions for balance rehabilitation [3–8], and to reduce fear of falling [9,10]. However, the measured forces and COP are not directly accessible to the researcher in consumer video games.…”

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Accuracy of force and center of pressure measures of the Wii Balance Board

Bartlett¹,

Ting²,

Bingham³

2014

Gait & Posture

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The Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB) is increasingly used as an inexpensive force plate for assessment of postural control; however, no documentation of force and COP accuracy and reliability is publicly available. Therefore, we performed a standard measurement uncertainty analysis on 3 lightly and 6 heavily used WBBs to provide future users with information about the repeatability and accuracy of the WBB force and COP measurements. Across WBBs, we found the total uncertainty of force measurements to be within ±9.1 N, and of COP location within ±4.1 mm. However, repeatability of a single measurement within a board was better (4.5 N, 1.5 mm), suggesting that the WBB is best used for relative measures using the same device, rather than absolute measurement across devices. Internally stored calibration values were comparable to those determined experimentally. Further, heavy wear did not significantly degrade performance. In combination with prior evaluation of WBB performance and published standards for measuring human balance, our study provides necessary information to evaluate the use of the WBB for analysis of human balance control. We suggest the WBB may be useful for low-resolution measurements, but should not be considered as a replacement for laboratory-grade force plates.

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“…Su principal desventaja es que no describe la importancia de cada factor dándole mayor énfasis al ámbito biológico e individual que a lo social. Este es el modelo que predomina encontrado en 17 investigaciones [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Tendencias epistemológicas de las acciones de la salud pública. Una revisión desde la fisioterapia

J¹,

2015

Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública

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Castro LE, Rodríguez YL. Tendencias epistemológicas de las acciones de la salud pública. Una revisión desde la fisioterapia. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública. 2015; 33(2): 239-251. DOI: 10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v33n2a11 Resumen Objetivo: analizar las tendencias epistemológicas de la salud pública frente a las acciones de la fisioterapia. Metodología: la identificación de la literatura se efectuó con los parámetros de revisión sistemática exploratoria propuestos por Manchado, en tres bases de datos. Los artículos fueron sometidos a evaluación de la calidad bajo las escalas Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network y jadad. Las categorías centrales de análisis fueron los modelos del proceso saludenfermedad. Se vincularon 39 artículos de los 118 que arrojó la búsqueda inicial. Resultados y discusión: se encontró que la salud pública ha tenido diferentes tendencias epistemológicas que se explican por cambios socio-políticos y normativos de los países y de las profesiones. Se observa una evolución conceptual que trasciende de lo biológico hacia enfoques sociales, interdisciplinarios y complejos; sin embargo, en las intervenciones aún se evidencia predominio del modelo epidemiológico. Lo anterior, puede asociarse con que profesiones jóvenes como la fisioterapia que aunque surgió con un enfoque netamente rehabilitador se ha preocupado por ampliar sus campos de ejercicio profesional logrando participar en acciones de salud pública, pero esta participación aún es incipiente, por cuanto no logra reflejarse en la práctica de una manera contundente; por consiguiente, se requiere desarrollar estrategias que permitan llevar el conocimiento a la práctica y de esta manera poder aportar desde su objeto de estudio en el abordaje integral de la salud de las poblaciones, con el ánimo de lograr que estas se apropien de sus condiciones de salud en pro de su bienestar y calidad de vida. ----------Palabras clave: epistemología, fisioterapia, proceso salud-enfermedad, salud pública AbstractObjective: to analyze the epistemological trends in public health in comparison with the possibilities of physiotherapy actions. Methodology: the literature was identified through the exploratory systematic review proposed by Manchado. Three databases were used to this end. Likewise, the quality of the papers was assessed using two scales: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and jadad. The central analysis categories were the models of the health-disease process. The initial search yielded 118 papers, of which 39 were taken into account for the study. Results and discussion: it was found that public health has had different epistemological trends that are explained by socio-political and legal changes

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Evaluation of the Frails' Fall Efficacy by Comparing Treatments (EFFECT) on reducing fall and fear of fall in moderately frail older adults: study protocol for a randomised control trial

Cited by 28 publications

References 48 publications

Novel use of the Wii Balance Board to prospectively predict falls in community-dwelling older adults

Novel use of the Wii Balance Board to prospectively predict falls in community-dwelling older adults

Accuracy of force and center of pressure measures of the Wii Balance Board

Tendencias epistemológicas de las acciones de la salud pública. Una revisión desde la fisioterapia

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