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ArticleBMJ open2019

Effect of cognitive-only and cognitive-motor training on preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: protocol for the smart±step randomised controlled trial.

Daina L Sturnieks, Jasmine Menant, Michael Valenzuela, Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Robert D Herbert, Amit Lampit, Kathryn Broadhouse, Jessica Turner, Daniel Schoene and 1 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Daina L SturnieksFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4602-7685
Jasmine MenantFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Michael ValenzuelaBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kim DelbaereFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Catherine SherringtonSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Robert D HerbertFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Amit LampitAcademic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Kathryn BroadhouseSunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Birtinya, Queensland, Australia.
Jessica TurnerFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Daniel SchoeneInstitute for Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg University Library Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany.
Stephen R LordFalls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
UNSW Sydney · AUThe University of Sydney · AUFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DENeuroscience Research Australia · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical and cognitive impairments are important risk factors for falls in older people. However, no studies have been adequately powered to examine whether cognitive or cognitive-motor training can prevent falls in older people. This is despite good evidence of improvements in fall-related cognitive and physical functions following both intervention types. This manuscript describes the study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of home-based cognitive and cognitive-motor training interventions, compared to a minimal-intervention control group, in preventing falls in older people. This trial was prospectively registered with the Australia New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry, number ACTRN12616001325493. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and over, residing in Sydney Australia, will be recruited. Participants (n=750) will be randomly allocated to (1) cognitive-only training, (2) cognitive-motor training or (3) control groups. Both training interventions involve the use of the ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval was obtained from UNSW Ethics Committee in September 2015 (ref number HC15203). Outcomes will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12616001325493.

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Motor SkillsAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaCognitive Behavioral TherapyExercise TherapyGeriatricsHumansIndependent LivingPostural BalanceRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicVideo Gamesaccidental fallsbalance trainingcognitive trainingfall preventionrandomised controlled trialstepping

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PMID31377709
PMCPMC6687022
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