TY - JOUR
T1 - Falls in the elderly
T2 - The development of a risk questionnaire and posturographic findings
AU - Alpini, Dario
AU - Kohen-Ratz, Reuven
AU - Braun, Riki
AU - Burstin, Aaron
AU - Tesio, Luigi
AU - Pugnetti, Luigi
AU - Mendozzi, Laura
AU - Sambataro, Giuseppe
AU - Cesarani, Antonio
AU - Giuliano, Davide Antonio
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In elderly people, owing to a perturbation at several levels, including the motor, sensory and cognitive levels, a condition of dizziness and unsteadiness complicated by frequent falls often appears. In this article, we review the most recent information about clinical and instrumental tools available for preventing mobility-related accidents and report the results of a comparative study of postural control, carried out through tetraataxiometry (by Tetrax, Tel Aviv, Israel), in two samples of elderly women belonging to two different populations: 24 Italian women (11 reporting falls and 13 without falls) having a mean age of 73.1 years, and 37 Israeli women (12 with falls and 25 without falls) having a mean age of 72.5 years. The posturographic findings show that the falling subjects, to maintain postural control, are highly dependent on somatosensory inputs and have a weaker "systeme postural fin" (fine postural system), according to Gagey. They also show that an elderly subpopulation exists that, for unknown reasons, is immune to destabilization and falls.
AB - In elderly people, owing to a perturbation at several levels, including the motor, sensory and cognitive levels, a condition of dizziness and unsteadiness complicated by frequent falls often appears. In this article, we review the most recent information about clinical and instrumental tools available for preventing mobility-related accidents and report the results of a comparative study of postural control, carried out through tetraataxiometry (by Tetrax, Tel Aviv, Israel), in two samples of elderly women belonging to two different populations: 24 Italian women (11 reporting falls and 13 without falls) having a mean age of 73.1 years, and 37 Israeli women (12 with falls and 25 without falls) having a mean age of 72.5 years. The posturographic findings show that the falling subjects, to maintain postural control, are highly dependent on somatosensory inputs and have a weaker "systeme postural fin" (fine postural system), according to Gagey. They also show that an elderly subpopulation exists that, for unknown reasons, is immune to destabilization and falls.
KW - Elderly
KW - Falling risk inventory
KW - Falls
KW - Tetraataxiometry
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14689646
AN - SCOPUS:6444245760
VL - 7
SP - 105
EP - 108
JO - International Tinnitus Journal
JF - International Tinnitus Journal
SN - 0946-5448
IS - 2
ER -