By Scientia Professor Stephen Lord

Journal articles

Okubo Y; Schoene D; Lord SR, 2017, 'Step training improves reaction time, gait and balance and reduces falls in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, pp. 586 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-095452

Tijsma M; Vister E; Hoang P; Lord SR, 2017, 'A simple test of choice stepping reaction time for assessing fall risk in people with multiple sclerosis', Disability and Rehabilitation, 39, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2016.1148784

Paul SS; Harvey L; Canning CG; Boufous S; Lord SR; Close JCT; Sherrington C, 2017, 'Fall-related hospitalization in people with Parkinson's disease', European Journal of Neurology, 24, pp. 523 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.13238

Menant JC; Migliaccio AA; Hicks C; Lo J; Meinrath D; Ratanapongleka M; Turner J; Sturnieks DL; Delbaere K; Titov N; McVeigh C; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2017, 'Tailored multifactorial intervention to improve dizziness symptoms and quality of life, balance and gait in dizziness sufferers aged over 50 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial', BMC Geriatrics, 17, pp. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0450-3

Hocking DR; Birch RC; Bui QM; Menant JC; Lord SR; Georgiou-Karistianis N; Godler DE; Wen W; Hackett A; Rogers C; Trollor JN, 2017, 'Cerebellar volume mediates the relationship between FMR1 mRNA levels and voluntary step initiation in males with the premutation', Neurobiology of Aging, 50, pp. 5 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.10.017

Birch RC; Hocking DR; Cornish KM; Menant JC; Lord SR; Georgiou-Karistianis N; Godler DE; Wen W; Rogers C; Trollor JN, 2017, 'Selective subcortical contributions to gait impairments in males with the FMR1 premutation', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88, pp. 188 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313937

Taylor ME; Lord SR; Brodaty H; Kurrle SE; Hamilton S; Ramsay E; Webster L; Payne NL; Close JCT, 2017, 'A home-based, carer-enhanced exercise program improves balance and falls efficacy in community-dwelling older people with dementia', International Psychogeriatrics, 29, pp. 81 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216001629

Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Tiedemann A; Simpson P; Caplan GA; Bendall J; Howard K; Webster L; Payne N; Hamilton S; Lo J; Ramsay E; O'Rourke S; Roylance L; Close JC, 2017, 'A multidisciplinary intervention to prevent subsequent falls and health service use following fall-related paramedic care: A randomised controlled trial', Age and Ageing, 46, pp. 200 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw190

Fairhall N; Sherrington C; Cameron ID; Kurrle SE; Lord SR; Lockwood K; Herbert RD, 2017, 'A multifactorial intervention for frail older people is more than twice as effective among those who are compliant: complier average causal effect analysis of a randomised trial', Journal of Physiotherapy, 63, pp. 40 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2016.11.007

Brodie MA; Okubo Y; Annegarn J; Wieching R; Lord SR; Delbaere K, 2017, 'Disentangling the health benefits of walking from increased exposure to falls in older people using remote gait monitoring and multi-dimensional analysis', Physiological Measurement, 38, pp. 45 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/38/1/45

Vister E; Tijsma ME; Hoang PD; Lord SR, 2017, 'Fatigue, physical activity, quality of life, and fall risk in people with multiple sclerosis', International Journal of MS Care, 19, pp. 91 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2015-077

Boripuntakul S; Lord SR; Methapatara P; Sungkarat S, 2017, 'Unplanned stopping strategy in individuals with mild cognitive impairment', Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, 14, pp. 35 - 42

Garcia JA; Schoene D; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Navarro KF, 2016, 'A Bespoke Kinect Stepping Exergame for Improving Physical and Cognitive Function in Older People: A Pilot Study', Games for Health Journal, 5, pp. 382 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2016.0070

Wang C; Lu W; Narayanan MR; Chang DCW; Lord SR; Redmond SJ; Lovell NH, 2016, 'Low-Power Fall Detector Using Triaxial Accelerometry and Barometric Pressure Sensing', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 12, pp. 2302 - 2311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TII.2016.2587761

Delbaere K; Gschwind YJ; Sherrington C; Barraclough E; Garrués-Irisarri MA; Lord SR, 2016, 'Validity and reliability of a simple 'low-tech' test for measuring choice stepping reaction time in older people', Clinical Rehabilitation, 30, pp. 1128 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215515613422

Sturnieks DL; Delbaere K; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2016, 'The influence of age, anxiety and concern about falling on postural sway when standing at an elevated level', Human Movement Science, 49, pp. 206 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.06.014

Lord SR, 2016, 'Virtual reality and the prevention of falls in the real world', The Lancet, 388, pp. 1132 - 1134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31347-2

Duque G; Lord SR; Mak J; Ganda K; Close JJT; Ebeling P; Papaioannou A; Inderjeeth CA, 2016, 'Treatment of Osteoporosis in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Update on Consensus Recommendations for Fracture Prevention', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17, pp. 852 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.011

Lord SR; Delbaere K; Gandevia SC, 2016, 'Use of a physiological profile to document motor impairment in ageing and in clinical groups', Journal of Physiology, 594, pp. 4513 - 4523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP271108

Merom D; Mathieu E; Cerin E; Morton RL; Simpson JM; Rissel C; Anstey KJ; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Cumming RG, 2016, 'Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial', PLoS Medicine, 13, pp. e1002112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002112

Ejupi A; Gschwind YJ; Valenzuela T; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2016, 'A Kinect and Inertial Sensor-Based System for the Self-Assessment of Fall Risk: A Home-Based Study in Older People', Human-Computer Interaction, 31, pp. 261 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2015.1085309

Benichou O; Lord SR, 2016, 'Rationale for Strengthening Muscle to Prevent Falls and Fractures: A Review of the Evidence', Calcified Tissue International, 98, pp. 531 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00223-016-0107-9

Barr C; McLoughlin JV; van den Berg MEL; Sturnieks DL; Crotty M; Lord SR, 2016, 'Visual field dependence is associated with reduced postural sway, dizziness and falls in older people attending a falls clinic', Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 20, pp. 671 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12603-015-0681-y

Caetano MJD; Lord SR; Schoene D; Pelicioni PHS; Sturnieks DL; Menant JC, 2016, 'Age-related changes in gait adaptability in response to unpredictable obstacles and stepping targets', Gait and Posture, 46, pp. 35 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.02.003

Menant JC; Wong AKW; Trollor JN; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2016, 'Depressive Symptoms and Orthostatic Hypotension Are Risk Factors for Unexplained Falls in Community-Living Older People', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64, pp. 1073 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14104

Jang H; Clemson L; Lovarini M; Willis K; Lord SR; Sherrington C, 2016, 'Cultural influences on exercise participation and fall prevention: A systematic review and narrative synthesis', Disability and Rehabilitation, 38, pp. 724 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1061606

Butler AA; Lord SR; Fitzpatrick RC, 2016, 'Perceptions of speed and risk: Experimental studies of road crossing by older people', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0152617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152617

Brodie MAD; Coppens MJM; Lord SR; Lovell NH; Gschwind YJ; Redmond SJ; Del Rosario MB; Wang K; Sturnieks DL; Persiani M; Delbaere K, 2016, 'Wearable pendant device monitoring using new wavelet-based methods shows daily life and laboratory gaits are different', Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 54, pp. 663 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-015-1357-9

McLoughlin JV; Barr CJ; Patritti B; Crotty M; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 2016, 'Fatigue induced changes to kinematic and kinetic gait parameters following six minutes of walking in people with multiple sclerosis', Disability and Rehabilitation, 38, pp. 535 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1047969

Henderson EJ; Lord SR; Brodie MA; Gaunt DM; Lawrence AD; Close JCT; Whone AL; Ben-Shlomo Y, 2016, 'Rivastigmine for gait stability in patients with Parkinson's disease (ReSPonD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial', The Lancet. Neurology, 15, pp. 249 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00389-0

Sherrington C; Fairhall N; Kirkham C; Clemson L; Howard K; Vogler C; Close JC; Moseley AM; Cameron ID; Mak J; Sonnabend D; Lord SR, 2016, 'Exercise and fall prevention self-management to reduce mobility-related disability and falls after fall-related lower limb fracture in older people: Protocol for the RESTORE (Recovery Exercises and STepping on after fracturE) randomised controlled trial', BMC Geriatrics, 16, pp. 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0206-5

Siong KH; Kwan MMS; Lord SR; Lam AKC; Tsang WWN; Cheong AMY, 2016, 'Fall risk in Chinese community-dwelling older adults: A physiological profile assessment study', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 16, pp. 259 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.12463

Ejupi A; Gschwind YJ; Brodie M; Zagler WL; Lord SR; Delbaere K, 2016, 'Kinect-based choice reaching and stepping reaction time tests for clinical and in-home assessment of fall risk in older people: a prospective study', European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, 13, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11556-016-0162-2

Hoang PD; Baysan M; Gunn H; Cameron M; Freeman J; Nitz J; Low Choy NL; Lord SR, 2016, 'Fall risk in people with MS: A Physiological Profile Assessment study', Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055217316641130

Farag I; Sherrington C; Hayes A; Canning CG; Lord SR; Close JCT; Fung VSC; Howard K, 2016, 'Economic evaluation of a falls prevention exercise program among people With Parkinson's disease', Movement Disorders, 31, pp. 53 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.26420

Hoang P; Schoene D; Gandevia S; Smith S; Lord SR, 2016, 'Effects of a home-based step training programme on balance, stepping, cognition and functional performance in people with multiple sclerosis--a randomized controlled trial', Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England), 22, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458515579442

Farag I; Howard K; O'Rourke S; Ferreira ML; Lord SR; Close JCT; Vogler C; Dean CM; Cumming RG; Sherrington C, 2016, 'Health and social support services in older adults recently discharged from hospital: Service utilisation and costs and exploration of the impact of a home-exercise intervention', BMC Geriatrics, 16, pp. 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0254-x

Tiedemann A; Rissel C; Howard K; Tong A; Merom D; Smith S; Wickham J; Bauman A; Lord SR; Vogler C; Lindley RI; Simpson JM; Allman-Farinelli M; Sherrington C, 2016, 'Health coaching and pedometers to enhance physical activity and prevent falls in community-dwelling people aged 60 years and over: Study protocol for the Coaching for Healthy AGEing (CHAnGE) cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 6, pp. e012277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012277

Brodie MAD; Menz HB; Smith ST; Delbaere K; Lord SR, 2015, 'Good lateral harmonic stability combined with adequate gait speed is required for low fall risk in older people', Gerontology, 61, pp. 69 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000362836

Schoene D; Valenzuela T; Toson B; Delbaere K; Severino C; Garcia J; Davies TA; Russell F; Smith ST; Lord SR; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2015, 'Interactive cognitive-motor step training improves cognitive risk factors of falling in older adults - A randomized controlled trial', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0145161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145161

Ejupi A; Brodie M; Gschwind YJ; Lord SR; Zagler WL; Delbaere K, 2015, 'Kinect-Based Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test for Clinical and In-Home Assessment of Fall Risk in Older People', Gerontology, 62, pp. 118 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000381804

Becker C; Lord SR; Studenski SA; Warden SJ; Fielding RA; Recknor CP; Hochberg MC; Ferrari SL; Blain H; Binder EF; Rolland Y; Poiraudeau S; Benson CT; Myers SL; Hu L; Ahmad QI; Pacuch KR; Gomez EV; Benichou O, 2015, 'Myostatin antibody (LY2495655) in older weak fallers: A proof-of-concept, randomised, phase 2 trial', The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 3, pp. 948 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00298-3

Allen NE; Song J; Paul SS; Sherrington C; Murray SM; O'Rourke SD; Lord SR; Fung VSC; Close JCT; Howard K; Canning CG, 2015, 'Predictors of Adherence to a Falls Prevention Exercise Program for People with Parkinson's Disease', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2, pp. 395 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.12208

Brodie MA; Lord SR; Coppens MJ; Annegarn J; Delbaere K, 2015, 'Eight-week remote monitoring using a freely worn device reveals unstable gait patterns in older fallers', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 62, pp. 2588 - 2594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2015.2433935

Brodie MA; Wang K; Delbaere K; Persiani M; Lovell NH; Redmond SJ; Del Rosario MB; Lord SR; Wang K, 2015, 'New methods to monitor stair ascents using a wearable pendant device reveal how behavior, fear, and frailty influence falls in octogenarians', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 62, pp. 2595 - 2601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2015.2464689

Clemson LM; Jang H; Willis K; Sherrington C; Lord S, 2015, 'QUALITATIVE STUDY TO EXPLORE UPTAKE AND ACCEPTABILITY OF STEPPING ON FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM AMONG OLDER PEOPLE FROM CALD BACKGROUNDS', GERONTOLOGIST, 55, pp. 641 - 642, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000374222703122&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Van Vliet R; Hoang P; Lord S; Gandevia S; Delbaere K, 2015, 'Multiple sclerosis severity and concern about falling: Physical, cognitive and psychological mediating factors', NeuroRehabilitation, 37, pp. 139 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NRE-151246

Tuerk C; Zhang H; Sachdev P; Lord SR; Brodaty H; Wen W; Delbaere K, 2015, 'Regional Gray Matter Volumes Are Related to Concern about Falling in Older People: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study', Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 71, pp. 138 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glu242

Farag I; Howard K; Hayes AJ; Ferreira ML; Lord SR; Close JT; Vogler C; Dean CM; Cumming RG; Sherrington C, 2015, 'Cost-effectiveness of a home-exercise program among older people after hospitalization', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16, pp. 490 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.075

Butler AA; Lord SR; Taylor JL; Fitzpatrick RC, 2015, 'Ability Versus Hazard: Risk-Taking and Falls in Older People', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 70, pp. 628 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glu201

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