7 results match your criteria: "School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health[Affiliation]"
Cognitive functioning and falls in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr
January 2025
Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia; School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Objective: To identify which cognitive functions and specific neuropsychological assessments predict falls in older people living in the community.
Methods: Five electronic databases were searched until 30/08/2022 for studies assessing the association between specific cognitive functions and faller status (prospective and retrospective), in community-dwelling older people. Risk of bias was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.
Neuromuscular adaptations to perturbation-based balance training using treadmill belt accelerations do not transfer to an obstacle trip in older people: A cross-over randomised controlled trial.
Hum Mov Sci
October 2024
Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia; School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Background: This study examined (i) adaptations in muscle activity following perturbation-based balance training (PBT) using treadmill belt-accelerations or PBT using walkway trips and (ii) whether adaptations during treadmill PBT transfer to a walkway trip.
Methods: Thirty-eight older people (65+ years) undertook two PBT sessions, including 11 treadmill belt-accelerations and 11 walkway trips. Surface electromyography (EMG) was measured bilaterally on the rectus femoris (RF), tibialis anterior (TA), semitendinosus (ST) and gastrocnemius medial head (GM) during the first (T1) and eleventh (T11) perturbations.
Treadmill induced belt-accelerations may not accurately evoke the muscle responses to obstacle trips in older people.
J Electromyogr Kinesiol
April 2024
Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia; School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Background: Treadmill belt-accelerations are a commonly utilised surrogate for tripping, but their physiological validity is unknown. This study examined if a treadmill belt-acceleration induces lower limb muscle activation responses similar to a trip on a walkway.
Methods: 38 older people (65+ years) experienced one treadmill belt-acceleration and one walkway obstacle trip in random order.
In-hospital outcomes by insurance type among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions for acute myocardial infarction in New South Wales public hospitals.
Int J Equity Health
October 2023
Medicines Intelligence Research Program, School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Background: International evidence suggests patients receiving cardiac interventions experience differential outcomes by their insurance status. We investigated outcomes of in-hospital care according to insurance status among patients admitted in public hospitals with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methods: We conducted a cohort study within the Australian universal health care system with supplemental private insurance.
Background The burden of cardiovascular disease is increasing, with many people treated for multiple cardiovascular conditions. We examined persistence and adherence to medicines for cardiovascular disease treatment or prevention in Australia. Methods and Results Using national dispensing claims for a 10% random sample of people, we identified adults (≥18 years) initiating antihypertensives, statins, oral anticoagulants, or antiplatelets in 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPotential drug-drug interactions due to concomitant medicine use among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Australia.
Br J Clin Pharmacol
May 2023
Medicines Intelligence Research Program, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Aims: We quantified concomitant medicine use and occurrence of potential drug-drug interactions in people living with HIV in Australia who are treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Methods: In this cohort study using dispensing claims of a 10% random sample of Australians, we identified 2230 people dispensed ART between January 2018 and December 2019 (mean age 49.0 years, standard deviation 12.
Impact of ageing, fall history and exercise on postural reflexes following unpredictable perturbations: A systematic review and meta-analyses.
Mech Ageing Dev
April 2022
Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre - Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Randwick, NSW, Australia; School of Population Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Introduction: This review examined the impact of ageing, fall history and exercise on postural reflexes and adaptation to unpredictable perturbations.
Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, SportDiscus and Web of Science were systematically searched for cross-sectional and intervention studies that assessed muscle onset latency following unpredictable postural perturbations in adults (CRD42020170861).
Results: Thirty-seven articles (n = 1257) were included in this review.