ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2015
Physical Activity and Falls in Older Men: The Critical Role of Mobility Limitations.
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- The association between sedentary behavior and falls in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of a coaching intervention to enhance physical activity and prevent falls in community-dwelling people aged 60+ years: a cluster randomised controlled trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2024Trial
- 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
- Falls Risk in Relation to Activity Exposure in High-Risk Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Trial
- Comparison of a group-delivered and individually delivered lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE) program in older persons: a randomized noninferiority trial.BMC geriatrics · 2018Trial
- Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.PLoS medicine · 2016Trial
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- From First Slip to Second Setback: Intracranial Injury Risk after Recurrent Falls in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Advances in geriatric medicine and research · 2025Article
- Improvement in gait pattern after total knee arthroplasty for knee osteoarthritis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults With Mobility Disability Risk Residing in a Continuing Care Retirement Community: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of aging research · 2025Article
- 24-hour activity composition is associated with lower fall and fracture risk in older men.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2024Article
- Physical Activity Fragmentation and Falls in Older Adults: Findings From the National Health and Aging Trends Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- The Mediating Role of Sarcopenia in the Association between Physical Activity and Falls among Chinese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Breaking Up Sedentary Time Reduces Recurrent Fall Risk, but Not Incident Fracture Risk in Older Men.JBMR plus · 2023Article
- [Lifestyle-integrated functional exercise for fall prevention : How and why do walking characteristics change?]Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2023Review
- Training effects of set- and repetition-interval rest time on recumbent-boxing exercise: Could virtual reality improve further?iScience · 2023Article
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- Migration status, physical limitations and associated self-rated health: a study of older Indian adults.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Accelerometer-Measured Daily Steps, Physical Function, and Subsequent Fall Risk in Older Women: The Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women Study.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity (PA) has many health benefits but may increase falls risk among older adults. We study how objectively measured habitual daily PA is related to falls by exploring the modifying effect of mobility limitations and the mediating roles of fitness and lower-limb strength.
methodsOne thousand six hundred fifty-five (53%) of 3137 surviving participants (men age 71-91 yr) in an ongoing UK-population-based cohort study wore an ActiGraph GT3x accelerometer over the hip for 1 wk in 2010-2012 to measure PA (exposure) and reported demographic and health status, including mobility limitations. One year later, 825 men reported falls history (outcome).
resultsSeven hundred of 825 men had ≥600 min·d of accelerometer wear for ≥3 d. Nineteen percent (n = 128) reported falls 1 yr later. Associations between PA and falls differed by presence of mobility limitations. Among 66% (n = 471) of men without mobility limitations, number of falls increased incrementally (for every 30 min of moderate to vigorous PA [MVPA]: incidence rate ratio [IRR], 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-2.03, adjusted for falls risk factors). Step count was not related to number of falls below 9000 steps per day but was related to number of falls ≥9000 steps per day (for every additional 1000 steps per day: IRR, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.16-2.18). Among 33% (n = 229) of men with mobility limitations, falls risk declined with increasing activity (for every 1000 steps per day: IRR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.70-0.91; for every 30 min of MVPA: IRR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.42-0.89; for every additional 30 min of sedentary behavior ≥600 min·d: IRR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.07-1.40).
conclusionsInterventions to promote MVPA in older men should incorporate falls prevention strategies. Among adults with mobility limitations, trials should investigate whether increasing MVPA levels can reduce falls risk.
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