2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Prevention of falls among community-dwelling older people. The effects of knee osteoarthritis and cognitive impairments.
| Project/Area Number |
18500545
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRATA Soichiro Kobe University, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (80238360)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SEKI Keiko 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (90154640)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 高齢者 / 転倒 / 変形性膝関節症 / 認知機能障害 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of knee pain and cognitive impairments to fall in community dwelling older people. Our results suggested that knee pain was common and independently associated with fall after adjusting for age, walking speed, and physical activity in frail older adults. In even healthy old people, there were destabilizing effects on walking when cognitive task such as an arithmetic task or the Stroop task was simultaneously added. These results suggest that knee pain and cognitive impairments are risk factors of fall.
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Research Products
(7 results)
