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Overview

Leon Flicker is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia, with a research focus predominantly in the field of medicine. Their scholarly contributions span various subfields including psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, health, epidemiology, and geriatrics and gerontology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including dementia and cognitive impairment, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, frailty in older adults, health disparities and outcomes, indigenous health, education, and rights, as well as health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and hormonal and reproductive studies.

Leon Flicker's recent publications include:

  • Global Prevalence of Young-Onset Dementia, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional outcome after acute stroke (AFFINITY): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Screening for and Managing the Person with Frailty in Primary Care: ICFSR Consensus Guidelines, 2020, The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Association of Thyroid Dysfunction With Cognitive Function, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Optimisation of medications used in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, 2020, BMC Geriatrics

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Osvaldo P. Almeida
  • Graeme J. Hankey
  • Bu B. Yeap
  • Christopher Etherton-Beer
  • Dina LoGiudice

Leon Flicker's work is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Australasian Journal on Ageing
  • Maturitas
  • BMJ Open
  • The journal of nutrition health & aging

Best Publications

  • Effect of physical activity on cognitive function in older adults at risk for Alzheimer disease: a randomized trial.

    Nicola T Lautenschlager;Kay L Cox;Leon Flicker;Jonathan K Foster

  • A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;Endel J. Orav;Paul Lips

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia (ICFSR): Screening, Diagnosis and Management

    E. Dent;J. E. Morley;A. J. Cruz-Jentoft;H. Arai

  • Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management

    E. Dent;J. E. Morley;A. J. Cruz-Jentoft;L. Woodhouse

  • The Asia-Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Frailty

    Elsa Dent;Christopher Lien;Wee Shiong Lim;Wei Chin Wong

  • Should older people in residential care receive vitamin D to prevent falls? Results of a randomized trial.

    Leon Flicker;Robert J. MacInnis;Mark S. Stein;Sam C. Scherer

  • Falls among healthy, community-dwelling, older women: a prospective study of frequency, circumstances, consequences and prediction accuracy

    Keith Hill;Jenny Schwarz;Leon Flicker;Sara Carroll

  • Effect modification by population dietary folate on the association between MTHFR genotype, homocysteine, and stroke risk: a meta-analysis of genetic studies and randomised trials.

    Michael V. Holmes;Paul Newcombe;Paul Newcombe;Jaroslav A. Hubacek;Reecha Sofat

  • Community-based exercise program reduces risk factors for falls in 65- to 75-year-old women with osteoporosis: randomized controlled trial

    Nick D. Carter;Karim M. Khan;Heather A. McKay;Moira A. Petit

  • Lower Testosterone Levels Predict Incident Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in Older Men

    Bu B. Yeap;Bu B. Yeap;Zoë Hyde;Osvaldo P. Almeida;Paul E. Norman

  • Low free testosterone predicts frailty in older men: the health in men study.

    Zoë Hyde;Leon Flicker;Osvaldo P. Almeida;Osvaldo P. Almeida;Graeme J. Hankey;Graeme J. Hankey

  • Calcium supplementation and the risks of atherosclerotic vascular disease in older women: results of a 5-year RCT and a 4.5-year follow-up

    Joshua R Lewis;Joshua R Lewis;Janine Calver;Kun Zhu;Kun Zhu;Leon Flicker

  • One year follow-up study of the association between chemical castration, sex hormones, beta-amyloid, memory and depression in men.

    Osvaldo P Almeida;Anna Waterreus;Nigel Spry;Leon Flicker

  • Serum vitamin D and falls in older women in residential care in Australia

    Leon Flicker;Kate Mead;Robert J. MacInnis;Caryl Nowson

  • Body mass index and survival in men and women aged 70 to 75

    Leon Flicker;Kieran A. McCaul;Graeme J. Hankey;Konrad Jamrozik

  • The mind of a failing heart: a systematic review of the association between congestive heart failure and cognitive functioning

    O. P. Almeida;L. Flicker

  • Falls Relate to Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone in an Australian Nursing Home and Hostel

    Mark S. Stein;John D. Wark;Samuel C. Scherer;S. Lynette Walton

  • Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first

    Leon Flicker

  • A pooled analysis of Vitamin D dose requirements for fracture prevention

    Bo Abrahamsen;Alison Avenell;Mark Bolland;Lars Rejnmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Osvaldo P. Almeida
Osvaldo P. Almeida University of Western Australia
Graeme J. Hankey
Graeme J. Hankey University of Western Australia
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Nicola T. Lautenschlager University of Melbourne
Jonathan Golledge
Jonathan Golledge James Cook University
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
John D. Wark
John D. Wark University of Melbourne
Ralph N. Martins
Ralph N. Martins Edith Cowan University
Gerard J. Byrne
Gerard J. Byrne University of Queensland
Sandra C. Thompson
Sandra C. Thompson University of Cambridge
Konrad Jamrozik
Konrad Jamrozik University of Adelaide

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