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| Jaap SwanenburgSummaryAffiliation: University Hospital Country: Switzerland Publications
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[Physiotherapy interventions in osteoporosis]J Swanenburg
Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Gloriastrasse 25, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Z Rheumatol 62:522-6. 2003..The physiotherapist has definitively a major role to play in the interdisciplinary team aimed at preventing osteoporotic fractures in both primary and secondary prevention levels...
Effects of exercise and nutrition on postural balance and risk of falling in elderly people with decreased bone mineral density: randomized controlled trial pilot studyJaap Swanenburg
University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, Zurich
Clin Rehabil 21:523-34. 2007..To compare the effect of calcium/vitamin D supplements with a combination of calcium/vitamin D supplements and exercise/protein on risk of falling and postural balance...
The reliability of postural balance measures in single and dual tasking in elderly fallers and non-fallersJaap Swanenburg
Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:162. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of a forceplate postural balance protocol in a group of elderly fallers and non-fallers. The measurements were tested in single and dual-task conditions, with and without vision...
Compromising postural balance in the elderlyJaap Swanenburg
Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Gerontology 55:353-60. 2009..Additional tasks that are assumed to disturb standing postural control can be divided in added motor or added cognitive tasks. It is unknown which type of task causes the most disturbances of postural control in elderly...
Falls prediction in elderly people: a 1-year prospective studyJaap Swanenburg
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Gait Posture 31:317-21. 2010..6), use of medications (fall-risk medications or multiple medicine use; odds ratio, 2.3), and gender (odds ratio, 0.34). Multiple fallers had a narrower stance width than non-fallers...
A randomised controlled trial investigating motor skill training as a function of attentional focus in old ageEling D de Bruin
D Biology, Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Geriatr 9:15. 2009....
