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Lewis A. Lipsitz is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, contributing to a wide array of topics related to aging, cardiovascular health, and rehabilitation. Lipsitz has authored numerous publications with a focus on both clinical and physiological aspects of health in older adults.

The main topics explored in Lipsitz's research include:

  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Their work spans several subfields of study within Medicine, particularly:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Surgery
  • General Health Professions
  • Neurology

Lipsitz has published extensively in several academic journals, with the most frequent publishing venues being:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Hypertension
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Recent papers include:

  • World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative, 2022, Age and Ageing
  • Evaluation of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Fall Prevention and Management for Older Adults, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • A complex systems approach to aging biology, 2022, Nature Aging
  • New horizons in falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative, 2021, Age and Ageing
  • Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Orthostatic Hypotension, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine

Lipsitz frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Brad Manor
  • Stephen P. Juraschek
  • Kenneth J. Mukamal
  • Junhong Zhou
  • Jennifer Cluett

Best Publications

  • Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people

    Maria A. Fiatarone;Evelyn F. O'Neill;Nancy Doyle Ryan;Karen M. Clements

  • High-Intensity Strength Training in Nonagenarians: Effects on Skeletal Muscle

    Maria A. Fiatarone;Elizabeth C. Marks;Nancy D. Ryan;Carol N. Meredith

  • MDS Cognitive Performance Scale

    John N. Morris;Brant E. Fries;David R. Mehr;Catherine Hawes

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome.

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • The Effects of Exercise on Falls in Elderly Patients: A Preplanned Meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials

    M A Province;E C Hadley;M C Hornbrook;L A Lipsitz

  • Management of Pain in Elderly Patients With Cancer

    Roberto Bernabei;Giovanni Gambassi;Kate Lapane;Francesco Landi

  • Loss of 'complexity' and aging : potential applications of fractals and chaos theory to senescence

    Lewis A. Lipsitz;Ary L. Goldberger

  • Leg extensor power and functional performance in very old men and women.

    E. Joan Bassey;Maria A. Fiatarone;Maria A. Fiatarone;Evelyn F. O'neill;Margaret Kelly

  • What is physiologic complexity and how does it change with aging and disease

    Ary L Goldberger;C.-K Peng;Lewis A Lipsitz

  • Reduction of bacteriuria and pyuria after ingestion of cranberry juice.

    Jerry Avorn;Mark Monane;Jerry H. Gurwitz;Robert J. Glynn

  • Biomechanical gait alterations independent of speed in the healthy elderly: Evidence for specific limiting impairments

    D.Casey Kerrigan;D.Casey Kerrigan;Mary K. Todd;Ugo Della Croce;Ugo Della Croce;Ugo Della Croce;Lewis A. Lipsitz

  • Age-related alterations in the fractal scaling of cardiac interbeat interval dynamics

    N. Iyengar;C. K. Peng;R. Morin;A. L. Goldberger

  • Delirium. The occurrence and persistence of symptoms among elderly hospitalized patients.

    Sue E. Levkoff;Denis A. Evans;Benjamin Liptzin;Paul D. Cleary

  • Dynamics of Stability The Physiologic Basis of Functional Health and Frailty

    Lewis A Lipsitz

  • Aging, muscle activity, and balance control: physiologic changes associated with balance impairment

    Carrie A. Laughton;Mary Slavin;Kunal Katdare;Lee Nolan

  • Vibrating insoles and balance control in elderly people

    Attila A Priplata;James B Niemi;Jason D Harry;Lewis A Lipsitz;Lewis A Lipsitz

  • Spectral characteristics of heart rate variability before and during postural tilt. Relations to aging and risk of syncope.

    L A Lipsitz;J Mietus;G B Moody;A L Goldberger

  • Risk factors for delirium in hospitalized elderly.

    Joshua D. Schor;Sue E. Levkoff;Lewis A. Lipsitz;Catherine H. Reilly

  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older population.

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Richard N. Jones;Dan K. Kiely;Jeffrey M. Hausdorff

Frequent Co-Authors

William P. Milberg
William P. Milberg Boston University
Thomas G. Travison
Thomas G. Travison Harvard University
Dan K. Kiely
Dan K. Kiely Harvard University
Ary L. Goldberger
Ary L. Goldberger Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jeffrey M. Hausdorff
Jeffrey M. Hausdorff Rush University Medical Center
Douglas P. Kiel
Douglas P. Kiel Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Gregory A. Wellenius
Gregory A. Wellenius Boston University
Regina E. McGlinchey
Regina E. McGlinchey Boston University
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University

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