ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2021
Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary Patterns are Associated with Incident Falls in Older Women.
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- Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-Related Fractures in Community-Living Older People with Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Leisure Sedentary Time is Associated with Self-Reported Falls in Middle-aged and Older Females and Males: an Analysis of the CLSA.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2023Article
- Levels of Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity in Older Adults With a Mismatch Between Physiological Fall Risk and Fear of Falling.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2023Article
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- Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of sitting reduction to improve cardiometabolic health in older adults.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Objectively Measured Physical Activity Is Associated with Static Balance in Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Beyond aggregate volume-Accelerometer-derived activity phenotypes reveal a decoupling of lean mass and function: A cross-sectional study.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveFalls cause significant problems for older adults. Sedentary time is associated with lower physical function and could increase the risk for falls.
designProspective study.
settingSites across the United States.
participantsOlder women (N = 5,545, mean age 79 years) from the Women's Health Initiative Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health study. MEASUREMENTS: Accelerometers worn at the hip for up to 1 week collected measures of daily sedentary time and the mean sedentary bout duration, a commonly used metric for sedentary accumulation patterns. For up to 13 months after accelerometer wear, women reported daily whether they had fallen on monthly calendars.
resultsIn fully adjusted models, the incident rate ratios (95% confidence interval) for quartiles 1 (lowest), 2, 3, and 4 of sedentary time respectively were 1.0 (ref.), 1.07 (0.93-1.24), 1.07 (0.91-1.25), and 1.14 (0.96-1.35; P-trend = .65) and for mean sedentary bout duration was 1.0 (ref.), 1.05 (0.92-1.21), 1.02 (0.88-1.17), and 1.17 (1.01-1.37; P-trend = .01), respectively. Women with a history of two or more falls had stronger associations between sedentary time and falls incidence compared with women with a history of no or one fall (P for interaction = .046).
conclusionsOlder women in the highest quartile of mean sedentary bout duration had a significantly increased risk of falling. Women with a history of frequent falling may be at higher risk for falling if they have high sedentary time. Interventions testing whether shortening total sedentary time and/or sedentary bouts lowers fall risk are needed to confirm these observational findings.
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