Each year, one out of every four Americans 65 years of age and older falls, leading to millions of emergency room visits and ...

As people get older, staying balanced and standing upright becomes harder. This happens because muscles become weaker, ...

Purpose. The influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients was evaluated. Methods. In this retrospective case–control study, psychiatric inpatients age 18 years ...

Kiran Karunakaran, PhD, research scientist in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering and director of the ...

Further, in the moderate stages of the disease, the affected person may begin to shuffle when he or she walks, which can cause a great deal of unsteadiness and a higher risk of falls. Regular ...