By Scientia Professor Stephen Lord

Journal articles

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

Lord S, 2019, '68 Task Specificity in Fall Prevention', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv18 - iv27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.68

Menant J; Meinrath D; Sturnieks D; Migliaccio A; Close J; Lord S; Delbaere K; Titov N, 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

Hensen HA; Toson B; van Schooten KS; Lord SR; Gandevia SC; Krishnan AV; Eckert DJ, 2019, 'SLEEP DISORDERS AND POOR SLEEP ARE COMMON IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL INVESTIGATION IN AN UNSELECTED COHORT OF PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATELY SEVERE MS', SLEEP MEDICINE, 64, pp. S151 - S151, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000558768400414&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hirase T; Makizako H; Okubo Y; Lord SR; Inokuchi S; Okita M, 2019, 'Chronic pain is independently associated with social frailty in community-dwelling older adults', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 19, pp. 1153 - 1156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13785

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

van Schooten KS; Pijnappels M; van Dieën JH; Lord SR, 2019, 'Quality of daily-life gait: Novel outcome for trials that focus on balance, mobility, and falls', Sensors (Switzerland), 19, pp. 4388, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19204388

Taylor ME; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Wen W; Jiang J; Brodaty H; Kurrle SE; Stefanie Mikolaizak A; Close JCT, 2019, 'White matter hyperintensities are associated with falls in older people with dementia', Brain Imaging and Behavior, 13, pp. 1265 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-018-9943-8

Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL; Brodie MA; Duran L; Lord SR; Newman A, 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

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

van Schooten KS; Duran L; Visschedijk M; Pijnappels M; Lord SR; Richardson J; Delbaere K, 2019, 'Catch the ruler: concurrent validity and test–retest reliability of the ReacStick measures of reaction time and inhibitory executive function in older people', Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, pp. 1147 - 1154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-018-1050-6

Van Schooten KS; Freiberger E; Sillevis Smitt M; Keppner V; Sieber C; Lord SR; Delbaere K, 2019, 'Concern about falling is associated with gait speed, independently from physical and cognitive function', Physical Therapy, 99, pp. 989 - 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzz032

Sturnieks DL; Menant J; Valenzuela M; Delbaere K; Sherrington C; Herbert RD; Lampit A; Broadhouse K; Turner J; Schoene D; Lord SR; Close J, 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

Taylor ME; Boripuntakul S; Toson B; Close JCT; Lord SR; Kochan NA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2019, 'The role of cognitive function and physical activity in physical decline in older adults across the cognitive spectrum', Aging and Mental Health, 23, pp. 863 - 871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1474446

Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Sturnieks DL; Hicks C; Lord SR, 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

Lo CWT; Tsang WWN; Yan CH; Lord SR; Hill KD; Wong AYL, 2019, 'Risk factors for falls in patients with total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27, pp. 979 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.04.006

Pelicioni PHS; Menant JC; Latt MD; Lord SR; Silva Pelicioni P, 2019, 'Falls in parkinson’s disease subtypes: Risk factors, locations and circumstances', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, pp. 2216, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122216

Pelicioni PHS; Tijsma M; Lord SR; Menant J; Silva Pelicioni P, 2019, 'Prefrontal cortical activation measured by fNIRS during walking: Effects of age, disease and secondary task', PeerJ, 7, pp. e6833, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/PEERJ.6833

Liddle JLM; Lovarini M; Clemson LM; Jang H; Lord SR; Sherrington C; Willis K, 2019, 'Masculinity and preventing falls: insights from the fall experiences of men aged 70 years and over', Disability and Rehabilitation, 41, pp. 1055 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1419381

Lord S, 2019, 'Exercise prevents fall-related injuries in older people', Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 15, pp. 193 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41574-019-0175-9

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