ArticleBioMed research international2021
Assessment of Risk Factors for Falls among Patients with Parkinson's Disease.
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- Effects of Manual Therapy on Parkinson's Gait: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Associations Between Objective, Functional, and Self-Reported Balance Assessments and Fall Frequency in Parkinson's Disease.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Attentive Prototype Learning with Wearable Sensor Mutual Information for Fall Risk Stratification of Parkinson's Patients.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- No Bidirectional Causal Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinson's Disease: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Predicting future fallers in Parkinson's disease using kinematic data over a period of 5 years.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Relationship of foot pain with the increased risk of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2024Article
- Applications of Machine Learning to Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Combination of Clinical and Gait Measures to Classify Fallers and Non-Fallers in Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gait Characteristics Associated with Fear of Falling in Hospitalized People with Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Acceptability and Preliminary Results of Technology-Assisted Balance Training in Parkinson's Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this study was to assess the risk factors for falls in patients with Parkinson's disease. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study comprised 53 participants (52.8% women and 47.2% men). The Hoehn and Yahr 5-point disability scale was used to assess the severity of Parkinson's disease. The Tinetti Balance and Gait Scale were used to evaluate the risk of falls. The Katz scale was used to test the independence of people with PD. The Falls Efficacy Scale-International Short Form (FES-I) was implemented to assess fear of falling.
resultsThe majority of participants was at a high risk of falls, being at the same level for women and men. A significant relationship was noted between the risk of falls and subjective assessment of mobility (
conclusionsIndividuals who rated their mobility as good or excellent were at a low risk of falls. People who fell more times were at a high risk of falling. People more independent were at a low risk of falls. Previous injuries were the most associated with being at risk of falling. Uneven surfaces and obstacles on one's path are the external factors most associated with the risk of falling. People with low levels of fall anxiety were at a low risk of falls. Most people with low fall anxiety have never fallen. Additionally, the majority of patients with stage 1 of the disease have not fallen at all. The reason for the ineffectiveness of physiotherapy may be due to the exercise programs used and the lack of systematic implementation of them. PD is different for each patient; thus, it is important to select individually customized physiotherapy depending on motor and nonmotor symptoms, as well as general health of a patient.
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