- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Effects of Vibration on Health
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
2022-2024
Sydney Local Health District
2022-2024
The University of Sydney
2022-2024
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
2024
There is strong evidence that exercise reduces falls in older people living the community, but its effectiveness residential aged care less clear. This systematic review examines of for prevention care, meta-analysing outcomes measured immediately after or post-intervention follow-up.
Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) randomised controlled trials (RCTs), from update a Cochrane review, to develop theory features successful RAC. Methods Trial characteristics were extracted RCTs testing interventions RAC identified review December 2022 (n=32). Eligible included or cluster RAC, focusing participants 65 older, assessing outcomes with stand-alone...
Falls in hospital remain a common and costly patient safety issue internationally. There is evidence that falls hospitals can be prevented by multifactorial programs education for patients staff, but these are often not routinely or effectively implemented practice. Perspectives of multiple key stakeholder groups could inform implementation fall prevention strategies.
Choosing Wisely recommendations could reduce physical therapists' use of low-value care.To investigate whether language influences willingness to follow the Australian Physiotherapy Association's (APA) recommendations.Best-worst Scaling survey METHODS: The six original APA were modified based on four characteristics (level detail, strength- qualified/unqualified, framing, and alternatives care) create 60 recommendations. Physical therapists randomised a block seven choice tasks, which...