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| M C RobertsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Otago Country: New Zealand Publications
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Falls Assessment Clinical Trial (FACT): design, interventions, recruitment strategies and participant characteristicsC Raina Elley
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 7:185. 2007..We describe the rationale, intervention, study design, recruitment strategies and baseline characteristics of participants in a randomised controlled trial of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in primary health care...
Statistical analysis of efficacy in falls prevention trialsM Clare Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, P O Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:530-4. 2005..This makes comparison of the efficacy of particular interventions difficult...
Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 1: Randomised controlled trialM C Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
BMJ 322:697-701. 2001..To assess the effectiveness of a trained district nurse individually prescribing a home based exercise programme to reduce falls and injuries in elderly people and to estimate the cost effectiveness of the programme...
Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 2: Controlled trial in multiple centresM C Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
BMJ 322:701-4. 2001..To assess the effectiveness of trained nurses based in general practices individually prescribing a home exercise programme to reduce falls and injuries in elderly people and to estimate the cost effectiveness of the programme...
Economic evaluation of a community based exercise programme to prevent fallsM C Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Epidemiol Community Health 55:600-6. 2001..To assess the incremental costs and cost effectiveness of implementing a home based muscle strengthening and balance retraining programme that reduced falls and injuries in older women...
Preventing injuries in older people by preventing falls: a meta-analysis of individual-level dataM Clare Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:905-11. 2002..The objectives of this meta-analysis of these trials were to estimate the overall effect of the exercise program on the numbers of falls and fall-related injuries and to identify subgroups that would benefit most from the program...
Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly womenA J Campbell
Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, Otago Medical School, New Zealand
BMJ 315:1065-9. 1997..To assess the effectiveness of a home exercise programme of strength and balance retraining exercises in reducing falls and injuries in elderly women...
Falls prevention over 2 years: a randomized controlled trial in women 80 years and olderA J Campbell
Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, Otago Medical School, New Zealand
Age Ageing 28:513-8. 1999..The exercise programme had been individually prescribed by a physiotherapist during the first 2 months of a randomized controlled trial...
Comprehensive approach to fall prevention on a national level: New ZealandA John Campbell
Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Clin Geriatr Med 26:719-31. 2010..Two such programs have been successfully introduced in New Zealand: the home-based Otago Exercise Programme and tai chi classes. The difficulty now is in maintaining the nationwide commitment to these preventive measures...
Randomised controlled trial of prevention of falls in people aged > or =75 with severe visual impairment: the VIP trialA John Campbell
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
BMJ 331:817. 2005..To assess the efficacy and cost effectiveness of a home safety programme and a home exercise programme to reduce falls and injuries in older people with low vision...
Implementation of multifactorial interventions for fall and fracture preventionA John Campbell
Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Age Ageing 35:ii60-ii64. 2006..An improved system of delivery of proven preventive measures is needed...
Exercise therapy, manual therapy, or both, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a factorial randomised controlled trial protocolJ Haxby Abbott
Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Trials 10:11. 2009..Manual physiotherapy versus no manual therapy improves disability at 12 months;3. Providing physiotherapy programmes in addition to usual care is more cost-effective than usual care alone in the management of osteoarthritis at 24 months...
Rethinking individual and community fall prevention strategies: a meta-regression comparing single and multifactorial interventionsA John Campbell
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Age Ageing 36:656-62. 2007..Guidelines recommend that fall prevention programmes for older people include multifactorial interventions...
Practical implementation of an exercise-based falls prevention programmeM M Gardner
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Age Ageing 30:77-83. 2001..Here we describe a simple assessment of strength and balance and the content and delivery of a falls prevention exercise programme...
Application of a falls prevention program for older people to primary health care practiceMelinda M Gardner
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Prev Med 34:546-53. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: This falls prevention program is acceptable to older people and their doctors. Nurses trained by a physiotherapist can deliver the home exercise program effectively in routine primary health care practice...
Effectiveness of a falls-and-fracture nurse coordinator to reduce falls: a randomized, controlled trial of at-risk older adultsC Raina Elley
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1383-9. 2008..To assess the effectiveness of a community-based falls-and-fracture nurse coordinator and multifactorial intervention in reducing falls in older people...
Depression in older people: visual impairment and subjective ratings of healthKaren J Hayman
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Optom Vis Sci 84:1024-30. 2007..The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of depression in a sample of older adults with impaired vision and investigate associations between physical and visual disability and depression...
