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Falling Is Not Just For Older Women: Support For Pre-Emptive Prevention Intervention Before 60, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy
Falling Is Not Just For Older Women: Support For Pre-Emptive Prevention Intervention Before 60, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy
Nancy Low Choy
Objective
This study aimed to report falls and identify factors that might predict a fall in women aged between 40 and 80 years and thus provide evidence of earlier falls and need for morbidity preventive intervention.
Design and participants
A prospective cohort study design over 5 years. Personal demographic data of age, co-morbidities, number of prescribed medications, falls, activity level and living situation were obtained at face-to-face interview. Height, weight, body mass index and postural stability were measured in participating women living independently in the community.
Results
Women were categorized into age decade cohorts, with 463 remaining at the year …
Changes In Activity Level In Women Age 40 To 80 Years, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy
Changes In Activity Level In Women Age 40 To 80 Years, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy
Nancy Low Choy
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to report habitual physical activity levels in women and document the change in level of activity and factors affecting this change over a 5-year period.
Methods
A 5-year prospective cohort design was used. Women aged 40-80 years, living independently in the community, were recruited via the electoral role. The effects were investigated, first, of age, activity level, history of falls, number of co-morbidities and medications, body mass index and stability at baseline on change in activity level and, second, change in these demographics on activity level over the study period.
Results
Data from …
The Effect Of Depression On Balance Decline In Mature Women, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy, Meredith Ogilvie
The Effect Of Depression On Balance Decline In Mature Women, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy, Meredith Ogilvie
Nancy Low Choy
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for falls, and a change in balance ability over time has yet to be investigated. This study aimed to identify if, over a 3-year period, balance ability changed in 26 women who were on medication for depression, compared to 26 non-depressed women. The two groups were matched for age, number of co-morbidities, activity level, medications, and height. All participants were simultaneously enrolled in a larger, longitudinal study of ageing. Balance measures included the Functional Reach (FR) test, Lateral Reach (LR) test, Step Test (ST), Timed Up and Go, and the Modified Clinical …
Medial-Lateral Postural Stability And Balance In Community Dwelling Women Over 40 Years Of Age, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy, Rosemary Isles
Medial-Lateral Postural Stability And Balance In Community Dwelling Women Over 40 Years Of Age, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy, Rosemary Isles
Nancy Low Choy
Objective:
To document the change in medial–lateral balance in women aged between 40 and 80 years.
Design:
A cross-sectional study of six measures of medial–lateral balance was undertaken.
Setting:
The Betty Byrne Henderson Centre for Women and Ageing, Royal Women's Hospital, Australia.
Subjects:
Five hundred and three community-dwelling women between 40 and 80 years of age were randomly recruited from a large metropolitan region with 366 subjects admitted after applying exclusion criteria.
Measurements:
The clinical measurements included the lateral reach and step tests while laboratory measurements were gathered from the Balance Master software programs for unilateral stance and limits of …
Changes In Postural Stability In Women Aged 20 To 80 Years, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Changes In Postural Stability In Women Aged 20 To 80 Years, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Nancy Low Choy
Background.
A study of postural stability was undertaken to identify the relationship between vision and support surface across age decades. Understanding when reliance on vision for postural stability emerges and the support conditions contributing to this instability may provide the evidence required to introduce falls-prevention strategies in younger age decades.
Methods.
We measured postural stability in 453 women aged 20 to 80 years using the Balance Master force-plate system while the women performed the modified Clinical Test for the Sensory Interaction and Balance (firm and foam surfaces, eyes open and closed) and the Single-Limb Stance Test (eyes open and closed). …