By Professor Jacqueline Close

Journal articles

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

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Barraclough E; Taylor M; O''Rourke S; Kurrle S; Tiedemann A; Cumming RG; Herbert RD, 2010, 'Development of a tool for prediction of falls in rehabilitation settings (Predict_FIRST): A prospective cohort study', Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 42, pp. 482 - 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0550

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Barraclough E; Taylor M; Cumming R; Herbert RD, 2010, 'Mobility-related disability three months after aged care rehabilitation can be predicted with a simple tool: an observational study', Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 56, pp. 121 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1836-9553(10)70042-4

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

Delbaere K; Close J; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2010, 'Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study', British Medical Journal: International, 341, pp. c4165 - c4165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c4165

Sturnieks DL; Finch C; Close J; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Pascoe DA, 2010, 'Exercise for falls prevention in older people: Assessing the knowledge of exercise science students', Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 13, pp. 59 - 64

Kvelde T; Pijnapples M; Delbaere K; Close J; Lord SR, 2010, 'Physiological and Cognitive Mediators for the Association between self-reported depressed mood and impaired choice stepping reaction time in older people', Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 65A, pp. 538 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glp195

Allen N; Canning C; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Latt M; Close J; O''rourke S; Murray S; Fung VS, 2010, 'The effects of an exercise program on fall risk factors in people with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial', Movement Disorders, 25, pp. 1217 - 1225

Delbaere K; Close J; Mikolaizak ; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lord SR, 2010, 'The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study', Age and Ageing, 39, pp. 210 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp225

Duque G; Close J; De jager JP; Ebeling P; Inderjeeth C; Lord SR; McLachlan AJ; Reid IR; Troen B; Sambrook PN, 2010, 'Treatment for osteoporosis in Australian residential aged care facilities: consensus recommendations for fracture prevention', Medical Journal of Australia, 193, pp. 173 - 179

Canning C; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Fung VS; Close J; Latt M; Howard K; Allen N; O Rourke S; Murray S, 2009, 'Exercise therapy for prevention of falls in people with Parkinson's disease: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation', BMC NEUROLOGY, 9, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-4

Close J, 2009, 'Falls in older people: Risk factors, assessment and intervention', IBMS BoneKEy, 6, pp. 368 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1138/20090401

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Vogler CM; Close J; Howard K; Dean C; Clemson L; Barraclough E; Ramsay E; O Rourke S; Cumming RG, 2009, 'Minimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital exercise program: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation', BMC Geriatrics, 9, pp. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-8

Hindmarsh D; Hayen A; Finch CF; Close J, 2009, 'Relative survival after hospitalisation for hip fracture in older people in New South Wales, Australia', Osteoporosis International, 20, pp. 221 - 229

Hayes N; Close JCT; Witchard S; Awan-Bux R; Anthony L; Cawley S; Jackson SHD, 2008, 'What predicts compliance rates with hip protectors in older hospital in-patients? [5]', Age and Ageing, 37, pp. 225 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afm173

Delbaere K; Close J; Menz HB; Cumming RG; Cameron ID; Sambrook PN; March LM; Lord SR, 2008, 'Development and validation of fall risk screening tools for use in residential aged care facilities', Medical Journal of Australia, 189, pp. 193 - 196

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