By Scientia Professor Stephen Lord

Journal articles

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

Toots ATM; Taylor ME; Lord SR; Close JCT, 2019, 'Associations between Gait Speed and Cognitive Domains in Older People with Cognitive Impairment', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 71, pp. S15 - S21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-181173

Pang I; Okubo Y; Sturnieks D; Lord SR; Brodie MA, 2019, 'Detection of Near Falls Using Wearable Devices: A Systematic Review', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 42, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/jpt.0000000000000181

Caetano MJD; Lord SR; Allen NE; Song J; Paul SS; Canning CG; Menant JCC, 2019, 'Executive functioning, muscle power and reactive balance are major contributors to gait adaptability in people with Parkinson's disease', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, pp. 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00154

Pieruccini-Faria F; Lord SR; Toson B; Kemmler W; Schoene D, 2019, 'Mental flexibility influences the association between poor balance and falls in older people - A secondary analysis', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, pp. 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00133

Taylor ME; Brodie MA; Van Schooten KS; Delbaere K; Close JCT; Payne N; Webster L; Chow J; McInerney G; Kurrle SE; Lord SR, 2019, 'Older People with Dementia Have Reduced Daily-Life Activity and Impaired Daily-Life Gait When Compared to Age-Sex Matched Controls', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 71, pp. S125 - S135, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-181174

Viaje S; Crombez G; Lord SR; Close JCT; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2019, 'The role of concern about falling on stepping performance during complex activities', BMC Geriatrics, 19, pp. 333 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1356-z

Taylor ME; Butler AA; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Kurrle SE; Mikolaizak AS; Close JCT, 2018, 'Inaccurate judgement of reach is associated with slow reaction time, poor balance, impaired executive function and predicts prospective falls in older people with cognitive impairment', Experimental Gerontology, 114, pp. 50 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2018.10.020

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