By Professor Jacqueline Close

Journal articles

Wesson J; Clemson L; Brodaty H; Lord S; Taylor M; Gitlin L; Close J, 2013, 'A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a tailored prevention program to reduce falls in older people with mild dementia', BMC Geriatrics, 13, pp. 89 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-89

Wong K; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL; Delbaere K; Trollor JN; Close J, 2013, 'Angiotensin System-Blocking Medications Are Associated with Fewer Falls over 12 Months in Community-Dwelling Older People', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 776 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12205

Kvelde T; McVeigh C; Toson B; Greenaway M; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Close J, 2013, 'Depressive symptomatology as a risk factor for falls in older people: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 694 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12209

Kwan M; Tsang WW; Close J; Lord SR, 2013, 'Development and validation of a Chinese version of the Falls Efficacy Scale International', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 56, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2012.10.007

Scandol JP; Toson B; Close J, 2013, 'Fall-related hip fracture hospitalisations and the prevalence of dementia within older people in New South Wales, Australia: An analysis of linked data', Injury : International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 44, pp. 776 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.11.023

Mitchell RJ; Close J; Lord S; Cameron ID, 2013, 'Fall-related sub-acute and non-acute care and hospitalised rehabilitation episodes of care: what is the injury burden?', Australian Health Review, 37, pp. 348 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH12031

Taylor ME; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Close J, 2013, 'Gait parameter risk factors for falls under simple and dual task conditions in cognitively impaired older people', Gait and Posture, 37, pp. 126 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.06.024

Mitchell RJ; Stanford R; McVeigh C; Bell D; Close J, 2013, 'Incidence, circumstances and treatment of high-level cervical spinal fracture in New South Wales, Australia over a 12 year period', Injury - International Journal of the Care of the Injured, EPUB, pp. 217 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2013.02.024

Kwan M; Tsang WW; Lin SI; Greenaway M; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2013, 'Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The Chopstix Fall Risk Study', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 68, pp. 946 - 953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls.338

Pascoe DA; Sturnieks DL; Close JCT; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Twomey D; Finch CF, 2013, 'Knowledge outcomes and retention of a university-based falls prevention education program', FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 15, pp. 55 - 66

Tiedemann A; Mikolaizak AS; Sherrington C; Segin K; Lord SR; Close J, 2013, 'Older fallers attended to by an ambulance but not transported to hospital: A vulnerable population at high risk of future falls', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 179 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12037

Menant J; Wong K; Sturnieks D; Close J; Delbaere K; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lord SR, 2013, 'Pain and anxiety mediate the relationship between dizziness and falls in older people', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 423 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12131

Taylor ME; Delbaere K; Lord SR; Mikolaizak AS; Close J, 2013, 'Physical impairments in cognitively impaired older people: implications for risk of falls', International Psychogeriatrics, 25, pp. 148 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610212001184

Paul S; Canning C; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Fung VS, 2013, 'Three Simple Clinical Tests to Accurately Predict Falls in People with Parkinson's Disease', Movement Disorders, 28, pp. 655 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.25404

Delbaere K; Close JCT; Taylor ME; Wesson J; Lord SR, 2013, 'Validation of the iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale in Cognitively Impaired Older People', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 68, pp. 1098 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt007

Tiedemann A; Sherrington C; Orr T; Vogler C; Hallen J; Kelly A; Lewis D; Lord Stephen R SR; Close JCT, 2012, 'Identifying older people at high risk of future falls: Development and validation of a screening tool for use in emergency departments', Emergency Medicine Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201783

Ramsay EM; Sherrington C; Close JCT; Lord SR; Barraclough E; Kirkham C; O'Rourke S; Vogler C; Dean C; Clemson L, 2012, 'Predictors of exercise dose during a 1-year home-based exercise intervention for older people recently discharged from hospital', JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 20, pp. S135 - S136, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307433500231&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Close J; Lord S, 2012, 'Managing falls in older patients with cognitive impairment', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 31, pp. 8 - 8, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303436300009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Close JCT; Greenaway M; Toson B, 2012, 'Reducing the incidence of fall related hospitalisations in NSW - More than just treating bones', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 31, pp. 30 - 30, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303436300056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitney JC; Close JCT; Lord SR; Jackson SHD, 2012, 'NEW FALLS RISK FACTORS IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE', AGE AND AGEING, 41, pp. 40 - 40, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297859100041&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitney JC; Lord SR; Close JCT; Jackson SHD, 2012, 'SIMPLE PREDICTORS OF FALLS FOR COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED RESIDENTIAL CARE DWELLERS', AGE AND AGEING, 41, pp. 39 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297859100040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zheng JJJ; Lord SR; Close JCT; Sachdev PS; Wen W; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2012, 'Brain white matter hyperintensities, executive dysfunction, instability, and falls in older people: A prospective cohort study', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 67, pp. 1085 - 1091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls063

Kwan M; Lin SI; Close J; Lord SR, 2012, 'Depressive symptoms in addition to visual impairment, reduced strength and poor balance predict falls in older Taiwanese people', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 606 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs065

Hindmarsh D; Loh M; Finch CF; Hayen A; Close JC, 2012, 'Effect of comorbidity on relative survival following hospitalisation for fall-related hip fracture in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00638.x

Simpson PM; Middleton PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Tiedemann A; Close JC, 2012, 'Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x

Taylor ME; Ketels M; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Close J, 2012, 'Gait impairment and falls in cognitively impaired older adults: an explanatory model of sensorimotor and neuropsychological mediators', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 665 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs057

Delbaere K; Close J; Kochan NA; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2012, 'Good memory as a predictor of falls: fact or artifact', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 404 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs004

Sherrington C; Lord S; Vogler C; Close J; Howard K; Dean C; Barraclough E; Ramsay E; O’Rourke S; Cumming R, 2012, 'Home exercise improved balance but increased falls in older community-dwelling people after hospital stays: An RCT', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15, pp. S48 - S48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.117

Whitney J; Close J; Lord S; Jackson S, 2012, 'Identification of high risk fallers amog older people living in residential care facilities: A simple screen based on easily collectible measures', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 55, pp. 690 - 695

Delbaere K; Kochan NA; Close J; Menant J; Sturnieks DL; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2012, 'Mild Cognitive impairment as a predictor of falls in community-dwelling older people', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, pp. 845 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e31824afbc4

Close J; Lord SR; Antonova E; Martin M; Lensberg B; Taylor ME; Hallen J; Kelly A, 2012, 'Older people presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a population with substantial recurrent healthcare use', Emergency Medicine Journal, 29, pp. 742 - 747

Taylor M; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Close J, 2012, 'Physiological Fall Risk Factors in Cognitively Impaired Older People: A One-Year Prospective Study.', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 34, pp. 181 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343077

Close J, 2012, 'Preventing falls and fall-related injury in older people: How GPs can help', Medicine Today, 13, pp. 24 - 31

Menant J; Close J; Delbaere K; Sturnieks DL; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lord , 2012, 'Relationships between serum vitamin D levels, neuromuscular and neuropsychological function and falls in older men and women', Osteoporosis International, 23, pp. 981 - 989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1637-7

Harvey LA; Close J, 2012, 'Traumatic brain injury in older adults: characteristics, causes and consequences.', Injury : International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 43, pp. 1821 - 1826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.07.188

Whitney J; Close J; Jackson SHD; Lord S, 2012, 'Understanding risk of falls in people with cognitive impairment living in residential care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13, pp. 535 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2012.03.009

Zheng J; Delbaere K; Close J; Sachdev PS; Wen W; Lord SR, 2012, 'White matter hyperintensities and impaired choice stepping reaction time in older people', Neurobiology of Aging, 33, pp. 1177 - 1185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.009

Close J; Lord S; Taylor M; Mikolaizak S; Delbaere K, 2011, 'Physiological risk factors for falls in people with and without cognitive impairment - a case control study', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 30, pp. 10 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00523b.x

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Barraclough E; Taylor M; O'Rourke S; Kurrle S; Tiedemann A; Cumming RG; Herbert RD, 2011, 'A simple tool predicted probability of falling after aged care inpatient rehabilitation', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64, pp. 779 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.09.015

Halter M; Vernon S; Snooks HA; Porter A; Close J; Moore F; Porsz S, 2011, 'Complexity of the decision-making process of ambulance staff for assessment and referral of older people who have fallen: A qualitative study', Emergency Medicine Journal, 28, pp. 44 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.079566

Tiedemann A; Sherrington C; Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Exercise and Sports Science Australia position statement on exercise and falls prevention in older people', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 14, pp. 489 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.04.001

Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Fall assessment in older people', British Medical Journal: International, 343, pp. 579 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5153

Kwan M; Close J; Wong K; Lord SR, 2011, 'Falls incidence, risk factors, and consequences in Chinese older people: A systematic review', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59, pp. 536 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03286.x

Zheng J; Delbaere K; Close J; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2011, 'Impact of white matter lesions on physical functioning and fall risk in older people: A systematic review', Stroke, 42, pp. 2086 - 2090, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.610360

Lord SR; Sherrington C; Cameron ID; Close J, 2011, 'Implementing falls prevention research into policy and practice in Australia: Past, present and future', Journal of Safety Research, 42, pp. 517 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2010.11.008

Kwan M; Lin S; Chen C; Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Minimal chair height standing ability is independently associated with falls in taiwanese older people', Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, pp. 1080 - 1085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.01.018

Kwan M; Lin S; Chen C; Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Sensorimotor function, bal;ance abilities and pain influence timed up and go performance in olde community-living people', Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 23, pp. 196 - 201

Allen J; Close J, 2010, 'The NICHE Geriatric Resource Nurse Model: Improving the Care of Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias', Geriatric Nursing, 31, pp. 128 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2010.02.006

Snooks H; Cheung WY; Close J; Dale J; Gaze S; Humphreys I; Lyons R; Mason S; Merali Y; Peconi J; Phillips C; Phillips J; Roberts S; Russell I; Sánchez A; Wani M; Wells B; Whitfield R, 2010, 'Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for o/lder people who have fallen: Evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial', BMC Emergency Medicine, 10, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-10-2

Delbaere K; Close J; Heim J; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Slavin MJ; Kochan NA; Lord SR, 2010, 'A multifactorial approach to understanding fall risk in older people', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58, pp. 1679 - 1685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03017.x

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