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2024, 'A custom-built step exergame training programme to prevent falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial', Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England), 30, pp. 571 - 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13524585241229360
,2024, 'Cognitive and physical declines and falls in older people with and without mild cognitive impairment: a 7-year longitudinal study', International psychogeriatrics, 36, pp. 306 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000315
,2024, 'Treadmill induced belt-accelerations may not accurately evoke the muscle responses to obstacle trips in older people', Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2024.102857
,2024, 'Effect of cognitive training on cognitive function in community-dwelling older people with mild-to-moderate dementia: A single-blind randomised controlled trial', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13283
,2024, 'Exergame and cognitive training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomized controlled trial', Nature Medicine, 30, pp. 98 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02739-0
,2024, 'Poor mobility and lower limb weakness are associated with three distinct depressive symptom trajectories over 6 years in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13273
,2024, 'BRAIN AND BRAWN IN BALANCE: CENTRAL PROCESSING SPEED AND MUSCLE TORQUE DEVELOPMENT SPEED ARE INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABILITY TO RECOVER BALANCE WITH FEET-IN-PLACE', Gait & Posture, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.04.010
,2023, 'Prefrontal and Motor Planning Cortical Activity during Stepping Tasks Is Related to Task Complexity but Not Concern about Falling in Older People: A fNIRS Study', Brain Sciences, 13, pp. 1675, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13121675
,2023, 'Combined Reactive and Volitional Step Training Improves Balance Recovery and Stepping Reaction Time in People With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 37, pp. 694 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15459683231206743
,2023, 'Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-Related Fractures in Community-Living Older People with Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, pp. 6040, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116040
,2023, 'The effects of optic flow on postural stability: Influence of age and fall risk', Experimental Gerontology, 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2023.112146
,2023, 'Training reactive balance using trips and slips in people with multiple sclerosis: A blinded randomised controlled trial', Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2023.104607
,2023, 'Correlations between reach, lean and ladder tipping risk', Journal of Biomechanics, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111508
,2022, 'The rising cost of falls – Health researchers are calling for action', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, pp. 487 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13157
,2022, 'Visuospatial working memory and obstacle crossing in young and older people', Experimental Brain Research, 240, pp. 2871 - 2883, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06458-9
,2022, 'Situational factors that influence overreaching on a ladder during a gutter clearing task among older adults', Applied Ergonomics, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103794
,2022, 'Rapid Inhibition Accuracy and Leg Strength Are Required for Community-Dwelling Older People to Recover Balance From Induced Trips and Slips: An Experimental Prospective Study', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 45, pp. 160 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000312
,2022, 'Impact of pathological conditions on postural reflex latency and adaptability following unpredictable perturbations: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Gait and Posture, 95, pp. 149 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.04.014
,2022, 'Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people with mild cognitive impairment: a prospective one-year study', PeerJ, 10, pp. e13484, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13484
,2022, 'Impact of ageing, fall history and exercise on postural reflexes following unpredictable perturbations: A systematic review and meta-analyses', Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2022.111634
,2021, 'Reactive balance responses to a trip and slip during gait in people with multiple sclerosis', Clinical Biomechanics, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105511
,2021, 'Risk factors for falls in older people with cognitive impairment living in the community: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Ageing Research Reviews, 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101452
,2021, 'Impact of a fall prevention education program for health and exercise professionals: A randomised controlled trial', Public Health Research and Practice, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/PHRP30342013
,2021, 'Ladder use in older people: Type, frequency, tasks and predictors of risk behaviours', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 9799, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189799
,2021, 'Perturbation-Based Balance Training Using Repeated Trips on a Walkway vs. Belt Accelerations on a Treadmill: A Cross-Over Randomised Controlled Trial in Community-Dwelling Older Adults', Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, pp. 702320, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.702320
,2021, 'Cognitive and Motor Cortical Activity During Cognitively Demanding Stepping Tasks in Older People at Low and High Risk of Falling', Frontiers in Medicine, 8, pp. 554231, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.554231
,2021, 'Predictors of development and persistence of musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older people: A two-year longitudinal study', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 21, pp. 519 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14172
,2021, 'Individual factors that influence task performance on a stepladder in older people', Safety Science, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105152
,2021, 'Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 27, pp. 204 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2019.2927477
,2020, 'Individual factors that influence task performance on a straight ladder in older people', Experimental Gerontology, 142, pp. 111127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111127
,2020, 'People With Parkinson’s Disease Exhibit Reduced Cognitive and Motor Cortical Activity When Undertaking Complex Stepping Tasks Requiring Inhibitory Control', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, pp. 1088 - 1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968320969943
,2020, 'Impact of pain on reactive balance and falls in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study', Age and Ageing, 49, pp. 982 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa070
,2020, 'Pain Is Associated With Poor Balance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, pp. 597 - 603.e8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.011
,2020, 'Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people', BMC Geriatrics, 20, pp. 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1487-2
,2020, 'Identifying Key Risk Factors for Dizziness Handicap in Middle-Aged and Older People', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, pp. 344 - 350.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.016
,2020, 'The Relationship between Daily Physical Activity and Pain in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis', Pain Medicine (United States), 21, pp. 2481 - 2495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/PM/PNAA096
,2020, 'Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.12970/v3
,2019, '159 Reactive Balance Training for Preventing Falls in Older People', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv34 - iv39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.159
,2019, '161 Brain Activation Assessed with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FNIRS) During Stepping and Gait in Older People and Those with PD', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv34 - iv39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.161
,2019, '20 Optic Flow Stimuli Effects on Standing Balance in Young and Older People with Low and High Fall Risk', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv6 - iv8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.20
,2019, '78 Development of a Multifactorial Assessment of Dizziness for Middle-Aged and Older People', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv18 - iv27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.78
,2019, 'Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.12970/v2
,2019, 'Effect of Reactive Balance Training Involving Repeated Slips and Trips on Balance Recovery among Older Adults: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 74, pp. 1489 - 1496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz021
,2019, 'Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.12970/v1
,2019, 'Effect of cognitive-only and cognitive-motor training on preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: Protocol for the smart±step randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e029409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029409
,2019, 'A pilot study of reactive balance training using trips and slips with increasing unpredictability in young and older adults: Biomechanical mechanisms, falls and clinical feasibility', Clinical Biomechanics, 67, pp. 171 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.05.016
,2019, 'Detection of Near Falls Using Wearable Devices: A Systematic Review', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 42, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/jpt.0000000000000181
,2018, 'Exposure to trips and slips with increasing unpredictability while walking can improve balance recovery responses with minimum predictive gait alterations', PLoS ONE, 13, pp. e0202913, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202913
,2018, 'Health professional student education related to the prevention of falls in older people: A survey of universities in Australia and New Zealand', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37, pp. E116 - E119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12543
,2018, 'Reducing the burden of dizziness in middle-aged and older people: A multifactorial, tailored, single-blind randomized controlled trial', PLoS Medicine, 15, pp. e1002620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002620
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