SynthesisBMC medical research methodology2012
Definitions and methods of measuring and reporting on injurious falls in randomised controlled fall prevention trials: a systematic review.
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Consequence of Plasma Concentrations of Psychoactive Drugs Located Beyond Therapeutic Ranges on Severity of Falls in Patients Over 75 Years Old
Who cites it
75 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exergaming Interventions for Preventing Falls and Injurious Falls in Older People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR aging · 2026Pooled it
- Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Digital technologies to prevent falls in people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a rapid systematic overview of systematic reviews.Age and ageing · 2024Pooled it
- Compliant sports floors and fall-related injuries: evidence from a residential care setting and updated meta-analysis for all patient care settings.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity Interventions on Strength, Balance and Falls in Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes on fall induced injuries in community dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2013Pooled it
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- Feasibility and outcome of the fewer falls in multiple sclerosis intervention: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of the Wearable Sensor-based Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM) System in Preventing Falls in Older People in Hospitals.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Trial
- The effects of vitamin D supplementation on types of falls.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Trial
- Lifestyle-integrated functional exercise to prevent falls and promote physical activity: Results from the LiFE-is-LiFE randomized non-inferiority trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- The Otago Exercise Program With or Without Motivational Interviewing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A 12-Month Follow-Up of a Randomized, Controlled Trial.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of RESPOND, a patient-centred program to prevent falls in older people presenting to the emergency department with a fall: A randomised controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2019Trial
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- Randomised Controlled Trial Of The Effect Of Tai Chi On Postural Balance Of People With Dementia.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Trial
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and incident falls in older women.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019Trial
- Comparison of a group-delivered and individually delivered lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE) program in older persons: a randomized noninferiority trial.BMC geriatrics · 2018Trial
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- A 2-Year Follow-Up After a 2-Year RCT with Vitamin D and Exercise: Effects on Falls, Injurious Falls and Physical Functioning Among Older Women.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2017Trial
- A feasibility study to prevent falls in older people who are sight impaired: the VIP2UK randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2016Trial
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe standardisation of the assessment methodology and case definition represents a major precondition for the comparison of study results and the conduction of meta-analyses. International guidelines provide recommendations for the standardisation of falls methodology; however, injurious falls have not been targeted. 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.
methodsAn electronic literature search of selected comprehensive databases was performed to identify injurious falls definitions in published trials. Inclusion criteria were: RCTs on falls prevention published in English, study population ≥ 65 years, definition of injurious falls as a study endpoint by using the terms "injuries" and "falls".
resultsThe search yielded 2089 articles, 2048 were excluded according to defined inclusion criteria. Forty-one articles were included. The systematic analysis of the methodology applied in RCTs disclosed substantial variations in the definition and methods used to measure and document injurious falls. The limited standardisation hampered comparability of study results. Our results also highlight that studies which used a similar, standardised definition of injurious falls showed comparable outcomes.
conclusionsNo standard for defining, measuring, and documenting injurious falls could be identified among published RCTs. A standardised injurious falls definition enhances the comparability of study results as demonstrated by a subgroup of RCTs used a similar definition. Recommendations for standardising the methodology are given in the present review.
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