By Scientia Professor Stephen Lord

Journal articles

Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Lord SR; Clemson L; Zijlstra GAR; Close JCT; Lung T; Woodbury A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Toson B; Briggs N; van Schooten KS; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2021, 'E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: results of a two year randomised controlled trial', The BMJ, 374, pp. n1908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1908

Taylor ME; Todd C; O'Rourke S; Clemson LM; Close JCT; Lord SR; Lung T; Berlowitz DJ; Blennerhassett J; Chow J; Dayhew J; Hawley-Hague H; Hodge W; Howard K; Johnson P; Lasrado R; McInerney G; Merlene M; Miles L; Said CM; White L; Wilson N; Zask A; Delbaere K, 2021, 'Implementation of the StandingTall programme to prevent falls in older people: A process evaluation protocol', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e048395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048395

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL; Halmy B; Menant JC; Silva Pelicioni P, 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

Pelicioni PHS; Menant JC; Henderson EJ; Latt MD; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2021, 'Mild and marked executive dysfunction and falls in people with Parkinson's disease', Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 25, pp. 437 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.11.005

Hairu R; Close JCT; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Wen W; Jiang J; Taylor ME, 2021, 'The association between white matter hyperintensity volume and gait performance under single and dual task conditions in older people with dementia: A cross-sectional study', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 95, pp. 104427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104427

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Delbaere K; Menant JC; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 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

Figtree WVC; Menant JC; Chau AT; Hübner PP; Lord SR; Migliaccio AA, 2021, 'Prevalence of Vestibular Disorders in Independent People Over 50 That Experience Dizziness', Frontiers in Neurology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.658053

van Schooten KS; Taylor ME; Close JCT; Davis JC; Paul SS; Canning CG; Latt MD; Hoang P; Kochan NA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Dean CM; Hulzinga F; Lord SR; Delbaere K, 2021, 'Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Affective Functions Contribute to the Prediction of Falls in Old Age and Neurologic Disorders: An Observational Study', Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102, pp. 874 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2020.10.134

Lim ML; van Schooten KS; Radford KA; Menant J; Lord SR; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2021, 'The Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale (IconFES) in community-dwelling older people—a longitudinal validation study', Age and Ageing, 50, pp. 822 - 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa213

Van Schooten KS; Callisaya ML; O'Dea B; Lung T; Anstey K; Lord SR; Christensen H; Brown A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Ngo M; Perram A; Delbaere K, 2021, 'Protocol of a 12-month multifactorial eHealth programme targeting balance, dual-tasking and mood to prevent falls in older people: The StandingTall + randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e051085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051085

Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Lord SR; Clemson L; Zijlstra GAR; Close JCT; Lung T; Woodbury A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Toson B; Briggs N; Van Schooten KS; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2021, 'E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: Results of a two year randomised controlled trial', The BMJ, 373, pp. n740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n740

Pliner EM; Sturnieks DL; Beschorner KE; Redfern MS; Lord SR, 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

Taylor ME; Wesson J; Sherrington C; Hill KD; Kurrle S; Lord SR; Brodaty H; Howard K; O'Rourke SD; Clemson L; Payne N; Toson B; Webster L; Savage R; Zelma G; Koch C; John B; Lockwood K; Close JCT, 2021, 'Tailored Exercise and Home Hazard Reduction Program for Fall Prevention in Older People with Cognitive Impairment: The i-FOCIS Randomized Controlled Trial', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76, pp. 655 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa241

Tiedemann A; Purcell K; Clemson L; Lord SR; Sherrington C, 2021, 'Fall prevention behaviour after participation in the Stepping on program: A pre-post study', Public Health Research and Practice, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/PHRP30122004

Okubo Y; Schoene D; Caetano MJ; Pliner EM; Osuka Y; Toson B; Lord SR, 2021, 'Stepping impairment and falls in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of volitional and reactive step tests', Ageing Research Reviews, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101238

Ingram LA; Carroll VK; Butler AA; Brodie MA; Gandevia SC; Lord SR, 2021, 'Quantifying upper limb motor impairment in people with Parkinson's disease: A physiological profiling approach', PeerJ, 9, pp. e10735, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10735

Taylor ME; Toots A; Lord SR; Payne N; Close JCT, 2021, 'Cognitive Domain Associations with Balance Performance in Community-Dwelling Older People with Cognitive Impairment', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 81, pp. 833 - 841, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-201325

Cortes CAT; Chen HT; Sturnieks DL; Garcia J; Lord SR; Lin CT, 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

Jang H; Lovarini M; Clemson L; Willis K; Lord S; Sherrington C, 2021, 'Fall prevention programs for culturally and linguistically diverse groups: program provider perspectives', Ethnicity and Health, 26, pp. 299 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2018.1493436

Psarakis M; Lord SR; Hoang PD, 2021, 'Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of an Eccentric Exercise Intervention in People with Multiple Sclerosis with Ankle Contractures', International Journal of MS Care, 23, pp. 31 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2019-022

Paul SS; Li Q; Harvey L; Carroll T; Priddis A; Tiedemann A; Clemson L; Lord SR; Close JCT; Sherrington C, 2020, 'The Stepping On Fall Prevention Program Scale-Up in NSW: Program Reach and Fall-Related Health Service Use', International Journal of Population Data Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1538

Lam T; Cheema B; Hayden A; Lord SR; Gurney H; Gounden S; Reddy N; Shahidipour H; Read S; Stone G; McLean M; Birzniece V, 2020, 'Androgen deprivation in prostate cancer: benefits of home-based resistance training', Sports Medicine - Open, 6, pp. 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40798-020-00288-1

Wettasinghe AH; Dissanayake DWN; Allet L; Katulanda P; Lord SR, 2020, 'Falls in older people with diabetes: Identification of simple screening measures and explanatory risk factors', Primary Care Diabetes, 14, pp. 723 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2020.05.006

Pliner EM; Sturnieks DL; Lord SR, 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

Chan LLY; Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2020, 'Mobility performance predicts incident depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Experimental Gerontology, 142, pp. 111116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111116

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL; Menant JC; Silva Pelicioni P, 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

Pelicioni PHS; Schulz-Moore JS; Hale L; Canning CG; Lord SR, 2020, 'Lockdown During COVID-19 and the Increase of Frailty in People With Neurological Conditions', Frontiers in Neurology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.604299

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Menant J; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 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

Hill MW; Hosseini EA; McLellan A; Price MJ; Lord SR; Kay AD, 2020, 'Delayed Impairment of Postural, Physical, and Muscular Functions Following Downhill Compared to Level Walking in Older People', Frontiers in Physiology, 11, pp. 544559, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.544559

Sherrington C; Fairhall N; Kirkham C; Clemson L; Tiedemann A; Vogler C; Close JCT; O’Rourke S; Moseley AM; Cameron ID; Mak JCS; Lord SR, 2020, 'Exercise to Reduce Mobility Disability and Prevent Falls After Fall-Related Leg or Pelvic Fracture: RESTORE Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35, pp. 2907 - 2916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05666-9

Wettasinghe AH; Dissanayake DWN; Allet L; Katulanda P; Lord SR, 2020, 'Sensorimotor impairments, postural instability, and risk of falling in older adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy', International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 40, pp. 547 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13410-020-00827-2

Oliveira JS; Sherrington C; Lord S; Sesto R; Youkhana S; Camara GC; Grunseit AC; Bauman A; Anstey KJ; Shepherd RB; Tiedemann A, 2020, 'Yoga-based exercise to prevent falls in community-dwelling people aged 60 years and over: Study protocol for the Successful AGEing (SAGE) yoga randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000878

Herbert RD; Taylor JL; Lord SR; Gandevia SC, 2020, 'Prevalence of motor impairment in residents of New South Wales, Australia aged 55 years and over: Cross-sectional survey of the 45 and up cohort', BMC Public Health, 20, pp. 1353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09443-5

Taylor ME; Close JCT; Lord SR; Kurrle SE; Webster L; Savage R; Delbaere K, 2020, 'Pilot feasibility study of a home-based fall prevention exercise program (StandingTall) delivered through a tablet computer (iPad) in older people with dementia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39, pp. e278 - e287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12717

Mohamed Suhaimy MSB; Okubo Y; Hoang PD; Lord SR, 2020, 'Reactive Balance Adaptability and Retention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, pp. 675 - 685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968320929681

Nakai Y; Takenaka T; Kubozono T; Ohishi M; Okubo Y; Lord SR; Okita M; Hirase T; Makizako H, 2020, 'Falls in community-dwelling older adults with lower back or knee pain are associated with cognitive and emotional factors', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144960

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Silva Pelicioni P, 2020, 'COVID-19 will severely impact older people's lives, and in many more ways than you think!', Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 24, pp. 293 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.04.005

Wettasinghe AH; Dissanayake D; Allet L; Katulanda P; Lord SR, 2020, 'The impact of physical, neurological and cognitive deficits on risk of falls in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a review', Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10, pp. 18 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v10i1.7388

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL; Lord SR, 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

WETTASINGHE AH; DISSANAYAKE DW; KATULANDA P; LORD SR, 2020, 'TIMED UP AND GO PERFORMANCE IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION, BALANCE, COGNITION, AND FALLS', International Journal of Physiotherapy, 7, pp. 74 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.15621/ijphy/2020/v7i2/655

Hicks C; Levinger P; Menant JC; Lord SR; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Sturnieks DL, 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

Menant JC; Meinrath D; Sturnieks DL; Hicks C; Lo J; Ratanapongleka M; Turner J; Migliaccio AA; Delbaere K; Titov N; Close JCT; Lord SR, 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

Lord SR; Bindels H; Ketheeswaran M; Brodie MA; Lawrence AD; Close JCT; Whone AL; Ben-Shlomo Y; Henderson EJ, 2020, 'Freezing of Gait in People with Parkinson's Disease: Nature, Occurrence, and Risk Factors', Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 10, pp. 631 - 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-191813

Hicks C; Levinger P; Menant J; Lord S; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Sturnieks D, 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

Wettasinghe A; Dissanayake D; Allet L; Katulanda P; Lord S, 2019, '126 Development of a Falls Prediction Tool for People with Diabetes Mellitus', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv28 - iv33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.126

Sturnieks D; Okubo Y; Brodie M; Lord S, 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

Lord S; Caetano J; Menant J, 2019, '160 Gait Adaptability in Older People and People with PD', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv34 - iv39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.160

Menant J; Pelicioni P; Okubo Y; Canning C; Sturnieks D; Lord S, 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

Sturnieks D; Tan B; Persiani M; Brodie M; Lord S, 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

Taylor M; Lord S; Toots A; Jacqueline C, 2019, '33 Cognitive Domain Associations with Balance Performance in Community – Dwelling Older People with Cognitive Impairment', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv9 - iv12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.33

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