Falls in the Nursing Home

TL;DR: Kornetti et al. as mentioned in this paper examined, using Rasch analysis, the rating scale performance of the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and to describe the 45/56 cutoff score in functional terms.

TL;DR: Examining the relationship between restraint use and falls while controlling for the effect of psychoactive drug use among nursing home residents, including subgroups of nursing homeResidents with high rates of restraintUse and/or falls finds that falls are more likely to occur among residents with low levels of restraint use.

TL;DR: The aim of the present article was to review systematically the range of case definitions and methods used to measure and report on injurious falls in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on fall prevention, and found no standard for defining, measuring, and documenting injurious Falls could be identified among published RCTs.

TL;DR: It is found that SW was significantly larger, and SWV significantly smaller, during treadmill walking, and that these changes were meaningfully correlated between tasks, suggesting that the goal of the central nervous system may be to maintain a constant MOS(min) regardless of task.

TL;DR: The mobility test, the best single predictor of recurrent falling, may be useful clinically because it is simple, recreates fall situations, and provides a dynamic, integrated assessment of mobility.

TL;DR: Factors associated with falls in a community-based prospective study of 761 subjects 70 years and older found decreased levels of physical activity, stroke, arthritis of the knees, impairment of gait, and increased body sway were associated with an increased risk of falls.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that the sedative and autonomic effects of psychotropic drugs increase the risk of falling and fractures in elderly persons is supported and the need for studies of this association in other populations is suggested.

TL;DR: It is indicated that external hip protectors can prevent hip fractures in nursing-home residents.