ArticleBMC nephrology2022
Dysfunction in dynamic, but not static balance is associated with risk of accidental falls in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study.
Article in BMC nephrology, 2022. 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.
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.
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.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and risk factors of falls in people on hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Renal failure · 2025Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Falls in Patients on Hemodialysis: A 12-Month Prospective Study.Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis · 2026Article
- Fall Risk in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the HOPE Consortium Trial.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Article
- Effect of increased fear of falling on falls in patients undergoing HD: A narrative review.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2025Review
- Investigation of Exercise Status and Related Influencing Factors Among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients in Nantong Region: A Cross-Sectional Study in China (2024-2025).Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Low muscle strength and physical function contribute to falls in hemodialysis patients, but not muscle mass.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Intradialytic Cognitive and Physical Training Program on the Physical and Cognitive Abilities in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients: A Randomized Clinical Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Fall risk assessment scale for hemodialysis patients (ERQUE_HD): development and validation.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPatients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have a high incidence of falls. Impairment of balance function is a risk factor for falls in the general elderly, and no report examining the association between balance dysfunction and fall incidence in HD patients exists.
methodsThis prospective cohort study was conducted at a single center. The timed-up-and-go test (TUG) as a dynamic balance function was performed and length of the center of pressure (CoP) as a static balance function was measured before and after the HD session at baseline. Data of the number and detailed information of accidental falls for 1 year were collected. Multiple regression analyses were performed to assess the relationships between the number of falls and balance function.
resultsForty-three patients undergoing HD were enrolled in the study. During 1 year of observation, 24 (55.8%) patients experienced accidental falls. TUG time was longer, and CoP was shorter in the post-HD session than in the pre-HD session. Adjusted multiple regression analyses showed that the number of accidental falls was independently associated with TUG time in the pre-HD session (B 0.267, p < 0.001, R
conclusionsDynamic balance was associated with fall incidence in maintenance HD patients. The evaluation and intervention of dynamic balance function might reduce the risk of falls in HD patients.
trial registrationThis study was carried out with the approval of the Niigata Rinko Hospital Ethics Committee (approval number 2005-92) (Registered on December 11, 2019) and registered in The University Hospital Medical Information Network (registration number 000040618 ).
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.