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Exercise for falls prevention in older people : Assessing the knowledge of exercise science students

- Sturnieks, Daina, Finch, Caroline, Close, Jacqueline, Tiedemann, Anne, Lord, Stephen, Pascoe, Deborah

  • Authors: Sturnieks, Daina , Finch, Caroline , Close, Jacqueline , Tiedemann, Anne , Lord, Stephen , Pascoe, Deborah
  • Date: 2010
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 13, no. 1 (2010), p. 59-64
  • Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565900
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  • Description: Participation in appropriate exercise can help reduce the risk of falls and falls injury in older people. Delivery of population-level exercise interventions requires an expert workforce with skills in development and delivery of group exercise programs and prescription of individually targeted exercise. This study assessed the current knowledge of university exercise science students (as future exercise professionals) across different levels of study. A structured survey designed to assess knowledge in relation to falls in older people and exercise prescription for falls prevention was administered during second, third and fourth year lectures in seven Australian universities. Students' knowledge was assessed as the percent of correct responses. Overall, 566 students completed the survey and knowledge levels increased significantly with study year. Mean knowledge levels were significantly <70%, indicating limited knowledge. They were lowest for falls risk factor questions and highest for issue/cost related questions in second and third year students. Fourth year students had best knowledge about falls interventions and this was the only group and topic with a mean score >70%. In conclusion, knowledge about falls and exercise prescription for falls prevention in current students does not meet a desired competency level of 70% and is therefore insufficient to ensure an adequately equipped future workforce in this area. There is a clear need for the development and widespread delivery of an evidence-based "exercise for falls prevention" curriculum module for exercise professionals. © 2009 Sports Medicine Australia.

Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people

- Boufous, Soufiane, Finch, Caroline, Close, Jacqueline, Day, Lesley, Lord, Stephen

  • Authors: Boufous, Soufiane , Finch, Caroline , Close, Jacqueline , Day, Lesley , Lord, Stephen
  • Date: 2007
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Injury Prevention Vol. 13, no. 3 (2007), p. 211-214
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  • Description: The aim of this paper is to estimate the proportion of older people who are hospitalised following a presentation to an emergency department for hip, pelvic and wrist fractures. The findings indicate that hospitalisation data do not accurately reflect the incidence of low-trauma fractures, particularly wrist and pelvic fractures, in older people.
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  • Description: 2003005768

The epidemiology of hospitalised wrist fractures in older people, New South Wales, Australia

- Boufous, Soufiane, Finch, Caroline, Lord, Stephen, Close, Jacqueline, Gothelf, Todd, Walsh, William

  • Authors: Boufous, Soufiane , Finch, Caroline , Lord, Stephen , Close, Jacqueline , Gothelf, Todd , Walsh, William
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Bone Vol. 39, no. 5 (2006), p. 1144-1148
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  • Description: The epidemiology and trends in wrist fracture admissions to public and private acute hospitals in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between July 1993 and June 2003 were examined using routinely collected hospital separations statistics. During the study period, the number of hospital separations for wrist fractures increased by 71% in men, an average yearly increase of 6.5%, and by 43% in women, an average yearly increase of 3.9%. A modest, but significant, increase in age-specific and age-standardised hospitalisation rates for wrist fractures was also observed. Whilst the majority of wrist fractures were due to falls, the proportion of falls-related wrist fractures decreased significantly over time. This decrease was more pronounced in males and was accompanied by a rise in the proportion of wrist fractures resulting from high energy mechanisms such as transport, violence and machinery-related incidents. The difference in hospitalised wrist fracture rates between men and women could not be explained solely on the basis of the role played by osteoporosis, indicating the need for more research to improve our understanding of the underlying factors of this type of fracture in older people.
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