Research - Articles

• Ageing Changes
• Exercise
• General rehabilitation (Balance, exercise regimes)
• Falls
• Measuring tool/outcomes
• Orthopaedics
• Osteoporosis
• Parkinson's disease
• Strategies and cues
• Stroke
• Walking

Ageing Changes

Title: Leg muscle mass and composition in relation to lower extremity performance in men and women aged 70-79: The health, aging and body composition study.
Author: Marjolein, V et al
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2002, vol 50 (5) pp 897-904

Title: Strength and Muscle Quality in a Well-Functioning Cohort of Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
Authors: Anne B. Newman, Catherine L. Haggerty, Bret Goodpaster, Tamara Harris, Steve Kritchevsky, Michael Nevitt, Toni P. Miles, Marjolein Visser, the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Research Group
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 323-330

Title: The Association Between Physical Function and Lifestyle Activity and
Exercise in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
Author: Jennifer S. Brach, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Stephen Kritchevsky, Kristine
Yaffe, Anne B. Newman, for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study Research Group
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 502-509

Title: Effects of age on balance control during walking
Author: Nataliya Shkuratova, Meg E. Morris, Frances Huxham
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation April 2004, Vol. 85, No. 4
pp 582-588

Title: Effect of lower-extremity muscle fatigue on postural control
Author: Phillip A. Gribble, Jay Hertel,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation April 2004, Vol. 85, No. 4
pp 589-592

Title: Newly Reported Chronic Conditions and Onset of Functional Dependency
Author: TirWolff, J. L., Boult, C., Boyd, C., & Anderson, G. 2005,
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 851-855

Exercise

Title:Effects of Physical therapists guidance on improvements in strength training programme for frail elderly.
Author:Hendriek C et al (2005)
Journal:JAPA 13(1)

Title:Barriers to exercise behaviours among older adults: a focus group study.
Author:Lees FD et al(2005)
Journal:JAPA 13(1)

General rehabilitation (Balance, exercise regimes)

Title: Unsteadiness Reported by Older Hospitalized Patients Predicts Functional
Decline
Author: Elizabeth C. Lindenberger, C. Seth Landefeld, Laura P. Sands, Steven R.
Counsell, Richard H. Fortinsky, Robert M. Palmer, Denise M. Kresevic,
Kenneth E. Covinsky
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 621-626

Title: Exercise Training as a Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure: Can Older
People Benefit?
Author: Miles D. Witham, Allan D. Struthers, Fesc, Marion E. T. McMurdo
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 699 -709

Title: A prehabilitation program for physically frail community-living older persons
Author: Thomas M. Gill, Dorothy I. Baker, PhD, Margaret Gottschalk, Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Peter A. Charpentier, Paul T. de Regt, Sarah J. Wallace
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2003, Vol. 84, No. 3
P394-404

Title: The effects of balance training and high-intensity resistance training on persons with idiopathic Parkinson disease
Author: Mark A. Hirsch,Tonya Toole,Charles G. Maitland,Robert A.Rider
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation August 2003, Vol. 84, No. 8, P1109-1117

Title: Outcomes of rehabilitation services for nursing home residents
Author: Patrick K. Murray, Mendel Singer,Neal V. Dawson,Charles L. Thomas, Randall D. Cebul
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation August 2003, Vol. 84, No. 8, P1129-1136

Title: The effect of aerobic exercise on tracking performance in elderly people. A pilot study.
Authors: Bakken, RC, Carey, JR, Difabio, RP
Journal: Physical Therapy, Jan 2002, vol 81, no 12, 1870-1879

Title: Task specific resistance training to improve the ability of activities of daily living- impaired older adults to rise from a bed and from a chair.
Authors: Alexander, NB, Galecki, AT, Grenier, ML et al
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1418-1427

Title: Muscle size responses to strength training in young and older men and women
Authors: Roth, SM, Ivey, FM, Martel, GF et al.
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1428-1433

Title: Progressive versus catastrophic loss of ability to walk: Implications for the prevention of mobility loss.
Authors: Guralnik, JM, Ferrucci, L, Balfour, JL et al
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1463-1470

Title: Persistent mobility deficit in the absence of deficits in activities of daily living:a risk factor for mortality
Authors: Khokhar, SR, Stern, Y, Bell, K, Anderson, K, et al.
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1539-1543

Title: Relationship between knee extension force and stand up performance in community dwelling elderly women
Authors: Corrigan, D, Bohannon, RW
Arch Phys Med Rehabil; Dec 2001, Vol 82, 1666-1672

Title: Patient preference and gait efficiency in a Geriatric population with transfemoral amputation using a free-swinging versus a locked prosthetic knee joint
Authors: Devlin, M., Sinclair, L.B. et al
Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Feb 2002: vol 83 pp246-249

Title: High velocity resistance training increases skeletal muscle peak power in older women.
Author: Fielding, R.. et al
Journal: JAGS, 2002, vol 50, no 4, pp655-662

Title: Weighted stair climbing in mobility limited older people: A pilot study
Journal: JAGS, 2002, vol 50, no 4, pp663-670

Title: Exercise training in the debilitated aged: strength and functional outcomes
Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Vol 81, no 3, March 2001, p312
Authors: Meuleman, J.R. et al.

Title: Long term home exercise programme: Effect in women at high risk of fracture.
Journal:Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Vol 81, no 3, March 2001, p319
Authors: Kerschan-Schindl, K. et al

Title: A focused exercise regimen improves clinical measures of balance in patients with peripheral neuropathy
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and rehabilitation, February Vol 82, No 2, page 205
Authors: Richardson, J.K., Sandman, D., Vela, S.

Title: Turning difficulty characteristics of adults aged 65 years or older
Journal: Physical Therapy, December, 2000, vol 80 no 12, page 1174
Authors: Thigpen, M.T., Light, K.E., Fynn, S.M.

Title: Floor-Rise Strategy Training in Older Adults
Author:Mark R. Hofmeyer, Neil B. Alexander, Linda V. Nyquist, Jodi L. Medell,
Aaleya Koreishi
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 10, Page
1702 -1706

Title: Physical Activity as a Determinant of Change in Mobility Performance:
The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Author: Marjolein Visser, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, Vianda S. Stel, Ruud J. Bosscher,
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 11, Page
1774 -1781

Title: Age-Related Differences in Lower Extremity Power After Support Surface
Perturbations
Author: Courtney D. Hall, Jody L. Jensen
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 11, Page
1782

Title: Predictors of Adherence to the Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Home
Residents
Author: Andrea Warnke, Gabriele Meyer, Ralf Bender, Ingrid Muhlhauser
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 340 -345

Title: Effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation on functional ability and quality of life after first total knee arthroplasty: A single-blind randomized controlled trial
Author: Moffet, Jean-Paul Collet, Stanley H. Shapiro, Gaston Paradis, Marquis, Lucille Roy
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation April 2004, Vol. 85, No. 4

Title: Physical or psychological change? Which is the most important rehabilitation outcome for older people who fall?
Author: Janet M. Simpson, Fiona Jones
Journal: Age and Ageing Vol 33, No 2, 2004 p 204-205

Title: Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community dwelling older women with a mixed strength programme.
Author: Capodaglio P et al (2005)
Journal: Age and Ageing. 34, 141-7

Title: Economic analysis of an early discharge rehabilitation service for older people.
Author: Miller P et al (2005).
Journal: Age and Ageing 34, 274-80.

Title: Feasible Model for Prevention of Functional Decline in Older People: Municipality-Randomized, Controlled Trial
Author: Vass, M., Avlund, K., Lauridsen, J., & Hendriksen, C. 2005
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 563-568.

Title: Type and Intensity of Activity and Risk of Mobility Limitation: The Mediating Role of Muscle Parameters
Author: Visser, M., Simonsick, E. M., Colbert, L. H., Brach, J., Rubin, S. M., Kritchevsky, S. B., Newman, A. B., & Harris, T. B. 2005
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 762-770.

Falls

Title:24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring is unhelpful in the investigation of older persons with recurrent falls.
Author: Davison J, Brady S, Kenny RA.
Journal:Age Ageing 2005 Jul 1;34(4):382-6.

Title: Fall and Injury Prevention in Residential Care-Effects in Residents with
Higher and Lower Levels of Cognition
Author: Jane Jensen, Lars Nyberg, Yngve Gustafson, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 627 -635

Title: Reducing Fear of Falling in Seniors Through Education and Activity
Programs: A Randomized Trial
Author: Brenda J. Brouwer, Cathy Walker, Sarah J. Rydahl, Elsie G. Culham
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 829 -834

Title: Is a Fall Just a Fall: Correlates of Falling in Healthy Older Persons.
The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
Author: Nathalie de Rekeneire, Marjolein Visser, Rita Peila, Michael C. Nevitt,
Jane A. Cauley, Frances A. Tylavsky, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Tamara B. Harris
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 841 -846

Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Enhanced Balance Training Program to Improve Mobility and Reduce Falls in Elderly Patients
Author: Jayne Steadman, Nora Donaldson, Lalit Kalra
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 847 -852

Title: Dementia as a Risk Factor for Falls and Fall Injuries Among Nursing Home Residents
Author: Carol van Doorn, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Sheryl Zimmerman, J. Richard Hebel, Cynthia L. Port, Mona Baumgarten, Charlene C. Quinn, George Taler, Conrad May, Jay Magaziner
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 9, Page
1213 -1218

Title: Association between falls in elderly women and chronic diseases and drug use: cross sectional study
Author: Debbie A Lawlor, Rita Patel, and Shah Ebrahim
Journal: BMJ 2003; 327: 712-717

Title: A Classification Tree for Predicting Recurrent Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Persons
Author: Vianda S. Stel, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, Dorly J. H. Deeg, Johannes H. Smit,
Lex M. Bouter, Paul Lips
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 10, P1356 -1364

Title: Walking and Talking as Predictors of Falls in the General Population: The Leiden 85-Plus Study
Author: Annetje Bootsma-van der Wiel, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Anton J.M. de Craen, Eric van Exel, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Rudi G. J. Westendorp
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 10, P 1466 -1471

Title: Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Author: John T Chang, Sally C Morton, Lawrence Z Rubenstein, Walter A Mojica, Margaret Maglione, Marika J Suttorp, Elizabeth A Roth, Paul G Shekelle.
Journal: BMJ Vol 328, 2004 p680-683

Title: Preventing falls in elderly people
Author: Gillespie, L
Journal: BMJ Vol 328, 2004 p653-654

Title: Patients with recurrent falls attending accident and emergency benefit from multi-factorial intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Author: Age and Davison J et al (2005).
Journal: Ageing. 34, 162-8.

Title: Fear of falling limiting activities in young-old women is associated with reduced functional ability rather than psychological factors.
Author: Martin FC et al (2005).
Journal: Age and Ageing 34, 281-7.

Title: Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Multicomponent Fall Risk-Assessment and -Management Strategy Throughout a Geographic Area
Author: Baker, D. I., King, M. B., Fortinsky, R. H., Graff, L. G., Gottschalk, M., Acampora, D., Preston, J., Brown, C. J., & Tinetti, M. E. Journal: 2005 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 675-680

Title: Exercise Leads to Faster Postural Reflexes, Improved Balance and Mobility, and Fewer Falls in Older Persons with Chronic Stroke
Author: Marigold, D. S., Eng, J. J., Dawson, A. S., Inglis, J. T., Harris, J. E., & Gylfadottir, S. 2005,
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 416-423

Title: A Simple Gait-Stabilizing Device Reduces Outdoor Falls and Non-serious Injurious Falls in Fall-Prone Older People During the Winter
Author: McKiernan, F. E. 2005
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 943-947.

Title: Vassallo, M., Stockdale, R., Sharma, J. C., Briggs, R., & Allen, S. 2005
Author: A Comparative Study of the Use of Four Fall Risk Assessment Tools on Acute Medical Wards
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1034-1038.

Title: A community-dwelling sample of people with Parkinson's disease: Characteristics of fallers and non-fallers.
Author:Ashburn A, Stack E, Pickering R, Ward C(2001).
Journal:Age and Ageing. 30, 47 - 52

Title: Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: A prospective multidisciplinary study.
Author:Wood B, Bilclough J, Bowron A, Walker R (2002).
Journal:J Neuro Neurosurg Psychiatry. 72 (6), 721 - 725

Measuring tool/outcomes

Title: Validation of the Berg Balance Scale as a predictor of length of stay and discharge destination in stroke rehabilitation
Author: Joy Y. Wee, Hubert Wong, Anita Palepu,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, May 2003, Vol. 84, No. 5 P 731-735

Title: Use of Clinical and Impairment-Based Tests to Predict Falls by Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Author: Boulgarides, LK; McGinty, SM; Willett, JA; Barnes, CW
Journal: Physical Therapy, 2003, VO: 83, NO: 4, PG: 328-339

Title: Self-Reported Disability and Its Association with Performance-Based
Limitation in Elderly Men: A Comparison of Three European Countries
Author: Carolien L. van den Brink, Marja Tijhuis, Sandra Kalmijn, Niek S.
Klazinga, Aulikki Nissinen, Simona Giampaoli, Paula Kivinen, Daan Kromhout, Geertrudis A.M. van den Bos
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 782 -789

Title: Measuring fitness in healthy older adults: The health ABC long distance corridor walk.
Authors: Simonsick, EM, Montgomery, PS, Newman, AB, Bauer, DC, Harris, T.
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1544-1548

Title: Use of cane for ambulation: Marker and mitigator of impairment in older people who report no difficulty walking
Author: Zachary, M. et al
Journal of the American Geriatric association. Feb 2002 Vol 50. no.2 pp263-268

Title: Influence of lower extremity strength of healthy older adults on the outcome of an induced trip
Authors: Pavol, M.J. et al
Journal of the American Geriatric association. Feb 2002 Vol 50. no.2 pp257-262

Title: Lower extremity performance is associated with daily life physical activity in individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease.
Authors: McGrae, M et al
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatric association. Feb 2002 Vol 50. no.2 pp247-256

Title: An investigation of factors predictive of independence in transfers and ambulation after hip fracture
Authors: Duke, R.G., Keating, J.L.
Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Feb 2002: vol 83 pp158-164

Title: A standard procedure for using TURN 180
Author: Simpson, J et al.
Journal: Physiotherapy 2002, vol 88, no 6, pp 342-353
Title: Predictors of rehabilitation outcomes in frail patients treated in a geriatric hospital
Author: Landi, F et al
Journal: JAGS, 2002, vol 50, no 4, pp 679-684

Title: Standardisation of a three metre-walking test for elderly people
Journal:Physiotherapy, Vol 87, no 3, March 2001, p125
Authors:Worsfold, C., Simpson, J.M.

Title: Reliability of measurements obtained with the timed up and go test in people with Parkinson disease
Journal:Physical Therapy, February 2001 vol 81, no, page 810
Authors: Morris, S., Morris, M.E., Ianek, R.

Title: Physical Performance Measures in the Clinical Setting
Authors: Stephanie Studenski, Subashan Perera, Dennis Wallace, Julie M. Chandler, Pamela W. Duncan, Earl Rooney, Michael Fox, Jack M. Guralnik
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 314-322

Title: Maximal Voluntary and Functional Performance Levels Needed for Independence in Adults Aged 65 to 97 Years
Author: Cress, ME; Meyer, M
Journal: Physical Therapy, Volume 83, Number 1, Page: 37-48, 2003

Title: "Look Forward, Walk Tall": Exploring Our "What If" Questions
Author: Wolf, SL
Journal: Physical Therapy, Volume 82, Number 11, Page1108-1119

TitleComparison of older adult performance during the functional reach and limits of stability tests.
Author:Clark S et al (2005)
Journal:Journal of Ageing and Physical Activity. 13 (3)

TitleThe L test of functional mobility: measurement properties of a modified version of the timd up and go test designed for people with lower limb amputation
Author:Deathe AB, Miller WC (2005)
Journal:Physical Therapy 85 (7)

TitleReliability of simple portable tests of physical performance in older people after hip fracture.
Author:Sherrington C, Lord SR (2005)
Journal:Clinical Rehabilitation. 19(5) 496-504.

Title: Use of the SF-36 and other health-related quality of life measures to assess persons with disabilities
Author: Ron D. Hays, PhD, Harlan Hahn, PhD, Grant Marshall, PhD
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation December 2002, Suppl 2, Vol. 83, No. 12, Page S4-S9

Title: Measuring health outcomes in stroke survivors
Author: Patrick J. Doyle, PhD
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation December 2002, Suppl 2, Vol. 83, No. 12, Page S39-S43

Title: Effect of Exercise on Ease in Performing Activities of Daily Living and
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living From Age 70 to 77: The Jerusalem
Longitudinal Study
Authors: Jochanan Stessman, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, Yoram Maaravi,
Authors: Stephanie Studenski, Subashan Perera, Dennis Wallace, Julie M. Chandler, Pamela W. Duncan, Earl Rooney, Michael Fox, Jack M. Guralnik
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 314-322

Title: Maximal Voluntary and Functional Performance Levels Needed for Independence in Adults Aged 65 to 97 Years
Author: Cress, ME; Meyer, M
Journal: Physical Therapy, Volume 83, Number 1, Page: 37-48, 2003

Title: "Look Forward, Walk Tall": Exploring Our "What If" Questions
Author: Wolf, SL
Journal: Physical Therapy, Volume 82, Number 11, Page1108-1119

Title: Use of the SF-36 and other health-related quality of life measures to assess persons with disabilities
Author: Ron D. Hays, PhD, Harlan Hahn, PhD, Grant Marshall, PhD
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation December 2002, Suppl 2, Vol. 83, No. 12, Page S4-S9

Title: Measuring health outcomes in stroke survivors
Author: Patrick J. Doyle, PhD
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation December 2002, Suppl 2, Vol. 83, No. 12, Page S39-S43

Title: Effect of Exercise on Ease in Performing Activities of Daily Living and
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living From Age 70 to 77: The Jerusalem
Longitudinal Study
Authors: Jochanan Stessman, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, Yoram Maaravi,
Aaron Cohen
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Volume 50, Issue 12, Page 1934-1938

Title: Outcomes of Pain in Frail Older Adults With Dementia
Author: Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Marla R. London, Nicholas Drew, Harry Krulewitch, Clifford Singer, Lynn Hanson
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 11, Page
1847-1842

Title: Predictors of Functional Change: A Longitudinal Study of Nondemented
People Aged 65 and Older
Author: Li Wang, Gerald van Belle, Walter B. Kukull, Eric B. Larson
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 9, Page
1525 -1534

Title: Outcomes after rehabilitation for adults with balance dysfunction
Author: Mary Beth Badke, Terry A. Shea, James A. Miedaner, Colin R. Grove,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation February 2004, Vol. 85, No. 2 p227-233

Title: Get up and go test in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Author: Sara R. Piva, G. Kelley Fitzgerald, James J. Irrgang, Fawzi Bouzubar, Terrence W. Starz,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation February 2004, Vol. 85, No. 2 p284-289

Title: Reliability of maximal strength testing in older adults
Author: Wayne T. Phillips, Alan M. Batterham, Julie E. Valenzuela, Lee N. Burkett
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation February 2004, Vol. 85, No. 2 p329-334

Title: Relaibility of the Bartel Index when used with older people.
Author: Sainsbury A et al (2005)
Journal: Age and Ageing. 34, 228-32.

Orthopaedics

Title:Efficacy of a Comprehensive Geriatric Intervention in Older Patients Hospitalized for Hip Fracture: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Author:Vidan M, Serra JA, Moreno C, Riquelme G, Ortiz J.
Journal:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005;53(9):1476-82.

Title: Time trends and demography of mortality after fractured neck of femur in an English population, 1968-98: database study
Author: Stephen E Roberts and Michael J Goldacre
Journal: BMJ 2003; 327: 771-775

Title: Moderate Physical activity is associated with higher bone mineral density in postmenopausal women
Authors: Hagberg, JM, Zmuda, JM, McCole, SD et al
Journal American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1411-1417

Title: Osteoprotective benefits of exercise: More pain, less gain?
Author: Kohrt, WM
Journal: American Geriatric Society Dec 2001, vol 49, no 11; 1565-1567

Title: Hip protectors in aged-care facilities: A randomised trial of use by individual higher-risk residents
Authors: Cameron, ID, Venman, J, Kurrle, SE et al
Age and Ageing, 2001; 30: 477-481

Title: Intensive physical training in geriatric patients after severe falls and hip surgery
Authors: Hauer, K., Specht, N., Schuler, S. et al
Journal: Age and Ageing: 2002; 31: 49-57

Title: An investigation of factors predictive of independence in transfers and ambulation after hip fracture
Authors: Duke, R.G., Keating, J.L.
Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Feb 2002: vol 83 pp158-164

Title: Evaluation of Rehabilitation Outcomes in Older Patients with Hip Fractures.
Author: Jones, Gareth R. MSc. Miller, Thomas A. MD. Petrella, Robert J. MD, PhD.
Journal: American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 81(7):489-497, July 2002.

Title: Barriers to Managing Chronic Pain of Older Adults with Arthritis.
Author: Davis, Gail C.. Hiemenz, Melinda L.. White, Terri L.
Journal: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 34(2):121-126, Second Quarter 2002.

Title: Excess mortality or institutionalisation after hip fracture: Men are at greater risk than women.
Author: Fransen, M.
Journal: JAGS, 2002, vol 50, no 4, pp 685-690

Title: Long term home exercise programme: Effect in women at high risk of fracture.
Journal:Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Vol 81, no 3, March 2001, p319
Authors: Kerschan-Schindl, K. et al

Title: Inpatient Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty surgery: a comparison of revision and primary total hip arthroplasty
Journal:Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Vol 82, no 1, Jan 2001, p129
Authors: Walker, W. C., et al

Title: Baseline Balance and Functional Decline in Older Adults with Knee Pain: The Observational Arthritis Study in Seniors
Authors: Anthony P. Marsh, W. Jack Rejeski, Wei Lang, Michael E. Miller, Stephen P. Messier
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 331-339

Title: Visual Risk Factors for Hip Fracture in Older People
Authors: Rebecca Q. Ivers, B Optom, Robert G. Cumming, Paul Mitchell, Judy M.
Simpson, Anthony J. Peduto
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 356

Title: Estimating Hip Fracture Morbidity, Mortality and Costs
Authors: R. Scott Braithwaite, Nananda F. Col, John B. Wong
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 364-370

Title: Time trends and demography of mortality after fractured neck of femur in an English population, 1968-98: database study
Author: Stephen E Roberts and Michael J Goldacre
Journal: BMJ 2003; 327: 771-775

Title: Physical Therapy is effective for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: An RCT
Authors: Fransen, M., Crosbie, J., Edmonds, J.
Journal: Journal of Rheumatology, 2001, 28: 156-164

Title: Rehabilitation after proximal femur fracture surgery in the oldest old
Author: Devora Lieberman, MD, David Lieberman, MD
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
October 2002, Vol. 83, No. 10 Page 1360-1363

Title: Mortality, Disability, and Nursing Home Use for Persons with and without
Hip Fracture: A Population-Based Study
Author: Cynthia L. Leibson, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Sherine E. Gabriel, Jeanine E.
Ransom, L. Joseph Melton
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 10, Page
1644 -1650

Title: Hip Fracture Incidence in Nursing Home Residents and Community-Dwelling Older People, Washington State, 19931995
Author: Jonathan R. Sugarman, Frederick A. Connell, Amy Hansen, Steven D.
Helgerson, Michael C. Jessup, Helan Lee
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Volume 50, Issue 10, Page
1638-1643

Title: Outcomes after rehabilitation for adults with balance dysfunction
Author: Mary Beth Badke, Terry A. Shea, James A. Miedaner, Colin R. Grove,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation February 2004, Vol. 85, No. 2 p227-233

Title: Get up and go test in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Author: Sara R. Piva, G. Kelley Fitzgerald, James J. Irrgang, Fawzi Bouzubar, Terrence W. Starz,
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation February 2004, Vol. 85, No. 2 p284-289

Title: Effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation on functional ability and quality of life after first total knee arthroplasty: A single-blind randomized controlled trial
Author: Moffet, Jean-Paul Collet, Stanley H. Shapiro, Gaston Paradis, Marquis, Lucille Roy
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation April 2004, Vol. 85, No. 4

Title: The effectiveness of implementing a care pathway for femoral neck fracture in older people: a prospective controlled before and after study
Author: Helen C. Roberts, Ruth M. Pickering, Elizabeth Onslow, Mike Clancy, Jackie Powell, Alison Roberts, Kerry Hughes, Diane Coulson, Jane Bray
Journal: Age and Ageing Vol 33, No 2, 2004 p178-184

Title: A Pilot Investigation of the Short-Term Effects of an Interdisciplinary Intervention Program on Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture in Author: Shyu, Y. I. L., Liang, J., Wu, C. C., Su, J. Y., Cheng, H. S., Chou, S. W., & Yang, C. T. 2005
Journal: Taiwan", Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 811-8

Osteoporosis

Parkinson's disease

Measures:

Gait:

Bagley 1991. The effect of visual cues on the gait of independently mobile P.D. patients. Physiotherapy; 77 (6), 415 - 420

Behrman A, Teitelbaum P, Cauraugh J (1998). Verbal instructional sets to normalise the temporal and spatial gait variables in Parkinson's disease. J. Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. l 65, 580 - 582

Campbell F, Ashburn A, Thomas P, Amar K (2003). An exploratory study of the consistency of balance control and the mobility of people with Parkinson's disease between medication doses. Clinical Rehabilitation. 17, 318 - 324

Charlett A, Weller C, Purkiss A, Dobbs S, Dobbs J (1998). Breadth of base whilst walking: Effect of ageing and parkinsonism. Age and Ageing. 27, 49 - 54

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Strategies and cues

Stroke

Walking