Browsing by Subject "falls"

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    • Associação entre a ocorrência de quedas e o desempenho no Incremental Shuttle Walk Test em mulheres idosas 

      Bardin, Marcela Grigol [UNIFESP]; Dourado, Victor Zuniga [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, 2012-08-01)
      BACKGROUND: Because the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) requires agility in its performance, we hypothesized that the test may be associated with balance and risk of falls in the elderly. Objective: To evaluate and ...

    • Associação entre noctúria e quedas: resultados de um estado populacional em idosos do sexo masculino no município de São Paulo 

      Rustom Júnior, Jorge Salim [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009-02-27)
      To evaluate the association between nocturia and falls in a group of communityliving elderly men in the city of São Paulo (Brazil). Methods: Under the coordination of the Pan American Health Organization and World Health ...

    • Circunstâncias e conseqüências de quedas em idosos com vestibulopatia crônica 

      Ganança, Fernando Freitas [UNIFESP]; Gazzola, Juliana Maria [UNIFESP]; Aratani, Mayra Cristina [UNIFESP]; Perracini, Monica Rodrigues [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Mauricio Malavasi [UNIFESP] (ABORL-CCF Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial, 2006-06-01)
      AIM: To investigate the circumstances and consequences of falls in the chronically dizzy elderly and to correlate them with the number of falls (one/two and more). METHOD: Transversal descriptive analytic study with 64 ...

    • Comparative Postural Control in COPD Patients and Healthy Individuals During Dynamic and Static Activities 

      Porto, Elias F. [UNIFESP]; Pradella, Cristiane O. [UNIFESP]; Rocco, Carolina M. [UNIFESP]; Chueiro, Mario, Jr. [UNIFESP]; Maia, Rafaella Q. [UNIFESP]; Gananca, Fernando F. [UNIFESP]; Castro, Antonio A. M.; Nascimento, Oliver A. [UNIFESP]; Jardim, Jose R. [UNIFESP] (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      PURPOSE: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have body balance deficits, with consequent fall risk. It is possible that body sway in patients with COPD affects their ability to perform daily activities. ...

    • Desenvolvimento de um sistema de alerta para prevenção de quedas em pacientes hospitalizados 

      Marin, Heimar de Fatima [UNIFESP]; Bourie, Patricia; Safran, Charles (Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo, 2000-07-01)
      The present study describes the analysis of an online patient assessment system developed to prevent inpatients falls. A chart review was performed in order to identify risk factors present in the Nursing Assessment tool. ...

    • Equilíbrio, medo de cair e presença de fatores predisponentes ao risco de quedas domiciliares em idosos 

      Barboza, Flavia Yara Alves [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2014-10-29)
      Population aging is a reality in our country, and it is known that aging is an individual process, set by a number of changes, transformations in the many organic systems, making the elderly more prone to falls. The Goal ...