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Center of pressure characteristics from quiet standing measures to predict the risk of falling in older adults: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Source :
- Systematic Reviews, Systematic Reviews, BioMed Central, 2019, 8 (1), ⟨10.1186/s13643-019-1147-9⟩, Systematic Reviews, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background Falling is the most common accident of daily living and the second most prevalent cause of accidental death in the world. The complex nature of risk factors associated with falling makes those at risk amongst the elderly population difficult to identify. Commonly used clinical tests have limitations when it comes to reliably detecting the risk of falling, but existing laboratory tests, such as force platform measurements, represent one method of overcoming this lack of a test. Despite their widespread use, however, Center of Pressure (COP) signal analysis techniques vary and there is currently no consensus on which features should be used diagnostically. Our objective is to identify, through a systematic review and meta-analysis, the COP characteristics of older adults (≥ 60 years old) during quiet bipedal stance which will allow fallers to be distinguished from non-fallers. Methods The systematic review will include both prospective and retrospective articles. Five databases will be searched: PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, and ScienceDirect. In addition, a search of gray literature will be performed using Google Scholar and ClinicalTrials.gov. Searches will be circumscribed to include only older adults (aged over 60 years) who underwent a bipedal quiet standing measure of their balance and for whom the number of falls was reported. Two authors will independently assess the risk of bias for each included article using a 26-item checklist. Funnel plots will be drawn to attest of possible publication biases for each COP parameters. The results will be synthesized descriptively and a meta-analysis will be undertaken. When trial methodological heterogeneity is too great for pooling of the data into a meta-analysis, evidence strength will be evaluated using best evidence analysis. Discussion Despite the numerous advantages of posturography, the diversity of studies exploring balance in older fallers has led to uncertainty regarding the method’s ability to reliably identify fall-prone older adults. It is expected that the findings from this systematic review will help clinicians use bipedal quiet standing measures as a diagnostic test and allow researchers to explore COP characteristics to create better models for fall prevention care. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42018098671 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13643-019-1147-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Funnel plot
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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Poison control
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Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Injury prevention
Protocol
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Postural Balance
Aged
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business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Posturography
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Human factors and ergonomics
Middle Aged
Quiet standing
Risk of falling
Checklist
3. Good health
Fallers
Meta-analysis
Older adults
Accidental Falls
[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering
0305 other medical science
business
Prediction
Fall prevention
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20464053
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Systematic Reviews, Systematic Reviews, BioMed Central, 2019, 8 (1), ⟨10.1186/s13643-019-1147-9⟩, Systematic Reviews, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5944f58b137117289ca287916675d1d2