Lord Group publications

2008-2010 NHMRC Project Grant. Impaired stepping as a risk factor for falls in older people. S Lord, D Sturnieks, R Fitzpatrick, M Rogers, C Sherrington as Chief Investigators

2008-2010 NHMRC Project Grant. Exercise therapy for prevention of falls in people with Parkinson's Disease: a randomized controlled trial. C Canning, C Sherrington, S Lord, V Fung, M La as Chief Investigators

2006-2010 Health Services Research Grant. Transition care: innovation and evidence. I Cameron, M Crotty, L Grey, S Kurrle, M Luscz, P Scuffham, C Whitehead, S Lord, L Giles, J Halbert, C Sherrington, H Bartlett, M Rungie, S Hudd as Chief Investigators

2005-2009 NHMRC Capacity Building Grant in Population Health. Population health approaches to injury prevention and control. C Finch, M Stevenson, R Norton, A Zye, S Lord, A Williamson, Cameron DI as Chief Investigators

2007-2009 Project Grant. Minimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital individualised exercise program. C Sherrington, R Cumming, S Lord, J Close, C Dean, C Vogler as Chief Investigators

2007-2009 Dementia Research Grant. Identification and Quantification of Risk of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults. S Lord, J Close as Chief Investigators

2007-2008 Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Community Grants Project Grant. Development of a Workforce education program for exercise practitioners in falls prevention and exercise prescription for older people. C Finch, S Lord, J Close, D Pascoe, D Sturnieks, A Tiedemann, D Twomey as Chief Investigators

2006-2008 Project Grant. Understanding fear of falling and risk taking in older people. S Lord, J Close, R Fitzpatrick as Chief Investigators

2005-2007 Project Grant. A randomised controlled falls prevention trial of long distance glasses in elderly multifocal wearers. S Lord, M Haren, D Cameron, R Ivers, J Simpson as Chief Investigators

Protective stepping: aims to systematically investigate sensory, motor, neural, mechanical and psychological determinants of appropriate and impaired responses to postural perturbations and determine the role that impaired stepping plays in falls.

Fear of falling and risk taking behaviours: aims to investigate prevalence and associated factors of fear of falling in older people

Development of safe footwear: aims to systematically investigate how various features of shoes relative to heel height, sole hardness, heel collar height and slip-resistance affect balance in older people.

Visual Intervention Strategy Incorporating Bifocal and Long-distance Eyewear: aims to determine whether the provision of single-lens distance glasses to elderly multifocal glasses wearers, together with recommendations for wearing them for standing and ou

Falls in cognitively impaired older adults: to develop our understanding of the important factors that contribute to risk of falling in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia.

Falls risk assessments for ambulance officers and emergency departments: Aims to develop and validate simple fall risk screens for these health service providers.

Falls risk assessments for people in rehabilitation hospital wards: Aims to develop and validate simple fall risk screens for this health care setting.

Falls in older people: risk factors and strategies for prevention 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. Lord, Sherrington, Menz, Close.

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