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Journal articles
2008, 'Development and validation of fall risk screening tools for use in residential aged care facilities', Medical Journal of Australia, 189, pp. 193 - 196
,2008, 'Effective exercise for the prevention of falls: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56, pp. 2234 - 2243
,2008, 'Environmental Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older People A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials', Journal of Aging and Health, 20, pp. 954 - 971
,2008, 'Otago home-based strength and balance retraining improves executive functioning in older fallers: A randomized controlled trial', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56, pp. 1821 - 1830
,2007, 'Multifactorial and functional mobility assessment tools for fall risk among older adults in community, home-support, long-term and acute care settings', Age and Ageing, 36, pp. 130 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afl165
,2007, 'Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people', Injury Prevention, 13, pp. 211 - 214
,2006, 'Carotid Sinus massage - How Safe Is it', Age and Ageing, 35, pp. 518 - 520
,2006, 'Emergency care of older people who fall: a missed opportunity.', Quality and Safety in Health Care, 15, pp. 390 - 392
,2006, 'The epidemiology of hospitalised wrist fractures in older people, New South Wales, Australia', Bone, 39, pp. 1144 - 1148
,2006, 'The falls epidemic - A geriatrician`s perspective', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 9, pp. 350 - 351
,2005, 'Prevention of falls - A time to translate evidence into practice (multiple letters) [11]', Age and Ageing, 34, pp. 533 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afi165
,2005, 'Re: Prevention of falls - a time to translate evidence into practice - Reply', AGE AND AGEING, 34, pp. 533 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afi129
,2005, 'Re: Prevention of falls - A time to translate evidence into practice (multiple letters) [10]', Age and Ageing, 34, pp. 532 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afi128
,2005, 'Erratum: Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) for use in primary care (Journal of Public Health (2004) 26, 2 (138-143))', Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdh211
,2005, 'Prevention of falls - A time to translate evidence into practice', Age and Ageing, 34, pp. 98 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afi052
,2005, 'Prevention of falls in older people', Disability and Rehabilitation, 27, pp. 1061 - 1071
,2005, 'Streamlining assessment and intervention in a falls clinic using the timed up and go test and physiological profile assessments', Age and Ageing, 34, pp. 567 - 571
,2005, 'The increasing burden of pelvic fractures in older people, New South Wales, Australia', Injury - International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 36, pp. 1323 - 1329
,2004, 'Acute hypotensive effects of oral cisapride and erythromycin in healthy subjects [1]', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 58, pp. 223 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2004.02118.x
,2004, 'Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the falls risk assessment tool (FRAT) for use in primary care', Journal of Public Health, 26, pp. 138 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdh132
,2004, 'Prevention of Falls Network Europe: a thematic network aimed at introducing good practice in effective falls prevention across Europe.', Eur J Ageing, 1, pp. 89 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-004-0008-z
,2004, 'Swapping slippers to prevent falls in older people: where is the evidence', The Foot, 14, pp. 228 - 229
,2003, 'Falls and bone health services for older people', Age and Ageing, 32, pp. 494 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afg079
,2003, 'A refractory case of vasovagal syncope treated with theophylline', Clinical Autonomic Research, 13, pp. 293 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10286-003-0113-7
,2003, 'Falls in Older People. Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention', Age and Ageing, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/32.4.467-a
,2003, 'Paradoxical vasodilation during lower body negative pressure in patients with vasodepressor carotid sinus syndrome', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51, pp. 853 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51269.x
,2003, 'Predictors of falls in a high risk population: Results from the prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET)', Emergency Medicine Journal, 20, pp. 421 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.20.5.421
,2002, 'Fall in the older population: A pilot study to assess those attended by London Ambulance Service but not taken to A&E [8]', Age and Ageing, 31, pp. 488 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/31.6.488
,2002, 'A rationale for vitamin D prescribing in a falls clinic population', Age and Ageing, 31, pp. 267 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/31.4.267
,2001, 'Interdisciplinary practice in the prevention of falls - A review of working models of care', Age and Ageing, 30, pp. 8 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/30.suppl_4.8
,2000, 'Falls in the elderly: What can be done?', Medical Journal of Australia, 173, pp. 176 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125595.x
,2000, 'Hip protectors - The bare bones', CME Bulletin Geriatric Medicine, 2, pp. 17 - 19
,1999, 'Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): A randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 353, pp. 93 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06119-4
,1998, 'Interdisciplinary Assessment of Elderly People Presenting to A&E with a Fall', Age and Ageing, 27, pp. P20 - P20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/27.suppl_1.p20-a
,1997, 'Appropriate Use of Aspirin in Patients Aged >=65 Years with Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)', Age and Ageing, 26, pp. P7 - P7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_3.p7-c
,1997, 'Who Goes There: Elderly Patients Presenting to A&E', Age and Ageing, 26, pp. P10 - P10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_3.p10-a
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