Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: A pilot cross-sectional observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 19-

  Caterino, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Karaman, Rowan ^a,b   Arora, Vinay ^a,b   Martin, Jacqueline L ^a,b   Hiestand, Brian C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449359549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-9-19     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Sterling DA, O'Connor JA, Bonadies J. Geriatric falls: injury severity is high and disproportionate to mechanism. J Trauma 2001, 50:116-119. 10.1097/00005373-200101000-00021, 11231681.
2. Tinetti ME, Williams CS. The effect of falls and fall injuries on functioning in community-dwelling older persons. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1998, 53:M112-M119.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Injury Center Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview. 2009, , http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/adultfalls.htm
4. High KP. Why should the infectious diseases community focus on aging and care of the older adult?. Clin Infect Dis 2003, 37:196-200. 10.1086/376606, 12856211.
5. Nawar EW, Niska RW, Xu J. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 emergency department summary. Adv Data 2007, 386:1-32.
6. Weigand JV, Gerson LW. Preventive care in the emergency department: should emergency departments institute a falls prevention program for elder patients? A systematic review. Acad Emerg Med 2001, 8:823-826. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00214.x, 11483459.
7. Murray KJ, Hill K, Phillips B, Waterston J. A pilot study of falls risk and vestibular dysfunction in older fallers presenting to hospital emergency departments. Disabil Rehabil 2005, 27:499-506. 10.1080/09638280400018486, 16040554.
8. Bloch F, Jegou D, Dhainaut JF, Rigaud AS, Coste J, Lundy JE, Claessens YE. Do ED staffs have a role to play in the prevention of repeat falls in elderly patients?. Am J Emerg Med 2009, 27:303-307. 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.02.026, 19328374.
9. Russell MA, Hill KD, Blackberry I, Day LL, Dharmage SC. Falls risk and functional decline in older fallers discharged directly from emergency departments. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006, 61:1090-1095.
10. Salter AE, Khan KM, Donaldson MG, Davis JC, Buchanan J, bu-Laban RB, Cook WL, Lord SR, McKay HA. Community-dwelling seniors who present to the emergency department with a fall do not receive Guideline care and their fall risk profile worsens significantly: a 6-month prospective study. Osteoporos Int 2006, 17:672-683. 10.1007/s00198-005-0032-7, 16491323.
11. Donaldson MG, Khan KM, Davis JC, Salter AE, Buchanan J, McKnight D, Janssen PA, Bell M, McKay HA. Emergency department fall-related presentations do not trigger fall risk assessment: a gap in care of high-risk outpatient fallers. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2005, 41:311-317. 10.1016/j.archger.2005.04.008, 15982758.
12. Baraff LJ, Lee TJ, Kader S, Della PR. Effect of a practice guideline for emergency department care of falls in elder patients on subsequent falls and hospitalizations for injuries. Acad Emerg Med 1999, 6:1224-1231. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00138.x, 10609924.
13. Baraff LJ, Lee TJ, Kader S, Della PR. Effect of a practice guideline on the process of emergency department care of falls in elder patients. Acad Emerg Med 1999, 6:1216-1223. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00136.x, 10609923.
14. Steffen TM, Hacker TA, Mollinger L. Age- and gender-related test performance in community-dwelling elderly people: Six-Minute Walk Test, Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up & Go Test, and gait speeds. Phys Ther 2002, 82:128-137.
15. Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001, 49:664-672. 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49115.x, 11380764.
16. Podsiadlo D, Richardson S. The timed "Up & Go": a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991, 39:142-148.
17. Amin M, Girardi M, Konrad HR, Hughes L. A comparison of electronystagmography results with posturography findings from the BalanceTrak 500. Otol Neurotol 2002, 23:488-493. 10.1097/00129492-200207000-00017, 12170151.
18. Girardi M, Konrad HR, Amin M, Hughes LF. Predicting fall risks in an elderly population: computer dynamic posturography versus electronystagmography test results. Laryngoscope 2001, 111:1528-1532. 10.1097/00005537-200109000-00008, 11568601.
19. Maki BE, Holliday PJ, Topper AK. A prospective study of postural balance and risk of falling in an ambulatory and independent elderly population. J Gerontol 1994, 49:M72-M84.
20. Shumway-Cook A, Brauer S, Woollacott M. Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the Timed Up & Go Test. Phys Ther 2000, 80:896-903.
21. Arnold CM, Faulkner RA. The history of falls and the association of the timed up and go test to falls and near-falls in older adults with hip osteoarthritis. BMC Geriatr 2007, 7:17. 10.1186/1471-2318-7-17, 1936991, 17610735.
22. Hosmer D, Lemeshow S. Applied Logistic Regression 2000, Wiley-Interscience; New York, 2.
23. Ganz DA, Higashi T, Rubenstein LZ. Monitoring falls in cohort studies of community-dwelling older people: effect of the recall interval. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005, 53:2190-2194. 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00509.x, 16398908.
24. Gerson LW, Rousseau EW, Hogan TM, Bernstein E, Kalbfleisch N. Multicenter study of case finding in elderly emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med 1995, 2:729-734. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1995.tb03626.x, 7584753.
25. Miller DK, Lewis LM, Nork MJ, Morley JE. Controlled trial of a geriatric case-finding and liaison service in an emergency department. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996, 44:513-520.
26. Shubert TE, Schrodt LA, Mercer VS, Busby-Whitehead J, Giuliani CA. Are scores on balance screening tests associated with mobility in older adults?. J Geriatr Phys Ther 2006, 29:35-39.
27. Delbaere K, Van Den NN, Bourgois J, Vanderstraeten G, Tine W, Cambier D. The Physical Performance Test as a predictor of frequent fallers: a prospective community-based cohort study. Clin Rehabil 2006, 20:83-90. 10.1191/0269215506cr885oa, 16502754.
28. Michel-Pellegrino V, Hewson DJ, Drieux M, Duchene J. Evaluation of the risk of falling in institution-dwelling elderly: clinical tests versus biomechanical analysis of stepping-up. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007, 2007:6122-6125.
29. Lafond D, Duarte M, Prince F. Comparison of three methods to estimate the center of mass during balance assessment. J Biomech 2004, 37:1421-1426. 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00251-3, 15275850.
30. Pinsault N, Vuillerme N. Test-retest reliability of centre of foot pressure measures to assess postural control during unperturbed stance. Med Eng Phys 2009, 31:276-286. 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.08.003, 18835738.
31. Tinetti ME. Clinical practice. Preventing falls in elderly persons. N Engl J Med 2003, 348:42-49. 10.1056/NEJMcp020719, 12510042.
32. Rao SS. Prevention of falls in older patients. Am Fam Physician 2005, 72:81-88.
33. Montero-Odasso M, Schapira M, Varela C, Pitteri C, Soriano ER, Kaplan R, Camera LA, Mayorga LM. Gait velocity in senior people. An easy test for detecting mobility impairment in community elderly. J Nutr Health Aging 2004, 8:340-343.
34. Walker KJ, Bailey M, Bradshaw SJ, Cameron P, Dziukas L, Maguire EK, Smith CJ. Timed Up and Go test is not useful as a discharge risk screening tool. Emerg Med Australas 2006, 18:31-36. 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00801.x, 16454772.
35. Gunter KB, White KN, Hayes WC, Snow CM. Functional mobility discriminates nonfallers from one-time and frequent fallers. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2000, 55:M672-M676.