Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To determine whether the provision of single lens distance glasses to older wearers of multifocal glasses reduces falls.

Design: Parallel randomised controlled trial stratified by recruitment site and source of referral, with 13 months' follow-up and outcome assessors blinded to group allocation.

Setting: Community recruitment and treatment room assessments in Sydney and Illawarra regions of NSW, Australia.

WITHDRAWN: Pharmacological interventions for treating acute heterotopic ossification.

Background: Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of mature lamellar bone in soft tissue sites outside the skeleton. HO frequently complicates burns, arthroplasty, fractures, and spinal cord and brain injuries. It can impair joint function.

Preventing falls in older multifocal glasses wearers by providing single-lens distance glasses: the protocol for the VISIBLE randomised controlled trial.

Background: Recent research has shown that wearing multifocal glasses increases the risk of trips and falls in older people. The aim of this study is to determine whether the provision of single-lens distance glasses to older multifocal glasses wearers, with recommendations for wearing them for walking and outdoor activities, can prevent falls. We will also measure the effect of the intervention on health status, lifestyle activities and fear of falling, as well as the extent of adherence to the program.

Validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference for the SF-6D health utility scale in a spinal cord injured population.

Objective: To determine the feasibility, acceptability, discriminative validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference (MID) of the SF-6D for people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: A total of 305 people with SCI completed the SF-36 health status questionnaire at baseline and at subsequent occurrence of a urinary tract infection (UTI) or 6-month follow-up. Normative SF-36 data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Health status rated with the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey after spinal cord injury.

Objective: To describe the health status of Australians with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Survey.

Setting: Australian population-based sample.