...Erin Futrell; Regina Kaufman; Julia Chevan Introduction: Foot pathologies can lead to difficulty walking and falls in older adults. Intrinsic foot muscles contribute to the structural support and alignment of the foot and provide somatosensory input from the ground. Minimally cushioned footwear may...

...Shira Peleg; Miriam Wallimann; Theresa Pauly Introduction: Reactivity to daily stressors may change as a function of stressor type and age. However, prior research often excludes older adults or compares them to younger age groups (e.g., younger and middle-aged adults). Recognizing older adults...

...Diana Soares; Iain Fletcher; Andrew Mitchell; Laura Charalambous Introduction: Research on athletic footwear familiarisation within an older population is sparse. This is problematic because unfamiliar footwear may act as a new perturbation and modify older adults’ walking gait and stability...

...Xinyu Shi; Jiaxin Zhang; Hailiang Wang; Yan Luximon Introduction: Anxiety and depression are prevalent among older adults, and digital interactive interventions have shown promise in promoting their mental well-being. However, limited research has explored the effects of different types of digital...

...) with older adults in real life. Methods: A convenience sampling method was applied to recruit twenty-two older adults from the Hong Kong community. The interview was designed in semi-structured and conducted in a face-to-face setting. The content analysis was used to summarize the older adults’ functional...

... of unsuccessful balance recovery responses that ended with falls in older adults. Methods: We compared the strategies and kinematics of reactive stepping after a lateral loss of balance, i.e., perturbations, between 49 older female adults who were able to successfully recover from perturbations (perturbation...

... Fabbietti; Fabrizia Lattanzio; David Chivite; on behalf of SCOPE Investigators Introduction: Sarcopenia, heart failure (HF), and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common among the older people. Our objective was to evaluate the frequency of sarcopenia, among community-dwelling older adults with HF, possible...

... there is sex difference. This study aimed to examine the relationship between OA and prevalence and incidence of CVD over 10 years in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: Data on self-reported OA, high cholesterol, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes were collected from 1,025 community-dwelling participants...

...Linan Cheng; Nan Hu; Di Song; Yuqing Chen Introduction: The optimal choice of dialysis modality remains contentious in older adults threatened by advanced age and high risk of comorbidities. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies to assess...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2023 Myokines Muscle-brain crosstalk Older adults Exercise Aging...

... for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also increase the risk of dementia. However, whether commonly used CVD risk scores are associated with dementia risk in older adults who do not have a history of CVD, and potential gender differences in this association, remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2023 Multimorbidity Early life Older adults Multimorbidity is of concern in the field of modern public health and geriatrics since it places a large burden on the global...

...Ja Young Choi; Kyungdo Han; Yong Wook Kim; Sang Chul Lee; Jaeyong Shin; Seung Nam Yang; Seo Yeon Yoon Introduction: The association between blood pressure (BP) and incidence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in older adults remains uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association...

...Pedram Ahmadnezhad; Jeffrey M. Burns; Abiodun E. Akinwuntan; Maud Ranchet; Alexandra Kondyli; Jonathan D. Mahnken; Hannes Devos Introduction: Older adults with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show changes in on-road driving performance. The impact of preclinical AD on using automated vehicle...

... burden and institutionalization. Therefore, we conducted a double-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of blue-enriched light therapy for BPSD in institutionalized older adults with dementia. Methods: Participants were enrolled and randomly allocated into blue...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2023 Malnutrition Older adults Nursing homes COVID-19 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. On the same day, the French government ordered...

...Frederico Pieruccini-Faria; Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Haddad; Nickolas W Bray; Yanina Sarquis-Adamson; Robert Bartha; Manuel Montero-Odasso Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affects obstacle negotiation capabilities, potentially increasing the risk of falls in older adults. However...

... challenge to successful wayfinding is spatial disorientation, occurring mostly at crossings. Although gait changes have been observed in various dual-task conditions, little is known about the effect of disorientation on gait and psychophysiological response among older adults during wayfinding. The study...

... for older adults could be used for risk stratification in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the association of frailty with mortality, readmission, and length of stay in older COVID-19 patients and to compare the predictive accuracy of the eFI to other frailty...

... induced by unstable surfaces (PBT stability ). This study aimed to compare both program's feasibility and effectiveness in fall-prone older adults. Methods: In this three-armed randomized controlled trial, seventy-one older adults (74.9 ± 6.0 years) with a verified fall risk were randomly assigned...