A new 30-second balance test is identified as an effective tool for predicting fall risk in middle-aged and older adults.

Leo Mathew, physiotherapist and rehabilitation service lead at Nellsar Care Homes, has shared some helpful tips on how to ...

Without proper monitoring, even the healthy and active “younger old” can suffer a bad spill, experts say.

NASCAR Xfinity Series standings leader Connor Zilisch, who broke his left collarbone when he fell off his car in victory lane ...

Omaha, NE, is drawing attention to the critical link between vision correction and injury prevention in older adults with the ...

It’s hard to know if you’re at risk of suffering from a fall. However, a recent study led by researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that one fitness test can help determine your fall risk: the ...

There was no difference between the intervention and control groups when it came to the risk for first fracture (HR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.87-1.06), but aspirin was significantly associated with an ...

Fall factors Age itself puts seniors at greater risk for falls, and the process starts sooner than you might think. After the age of 30, we naturally start losing 3-5 percent of our muscle mass ...

"Patients fall for a lot of different reasons, but if they do fall it puts them at risk for another fall." The anemia isn't necessarily a result of a poor diet, but it could be the result of ...