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2023

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Overview

Stephen R. Lord is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions in the subfields of Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Physiology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work focuses intensely on topics such as Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Physical Activity and Health, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

Frequent publication venues for Stephen R. Lord include:

  • Age and Ageing
  • Gait & Posture
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Open

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen R. Lord 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
  • E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: results of a two year randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ
  • Perturbation-based balance training: Principles, mechanisms and implementation in clinical practice, 2022, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • New horizons in falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative, 2021, Age and Ageing

Stephen R. Lord collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Daina L. Sturnieks
  • Jacqueline Close
  • Yoshiro Okubo
  • Kim Delbaere
  • Catherine Sherrington

Best Publications

  • Effective Exercise for the Prevention of Falls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Catherine Sherrington;Julie C. Whitney;Stephen R. Lord;Robert D. Herbert

  • A Physiological Profile Approach to Falls Risk Assessment and Prevention

    Stephen R Lord;Hylton B Menz;Anne Tiedemann

  • Cognitive, sensory and physical factors enabling driving safety in older adults.

    Kaarin J. Anstey;Joanne M. Wood;Stephen Lord;Janine G. Walker

  • Sit-to-Stand Performance Depends on Sensation, Speed, Balance, and Psychological Status in Addition to Strength in Older People

    Stephen R. Lord;Susan M. Murray;Kirsten Chapman;Bridget J. Munro

  • Physiological factors associated with falls in older community-dwelling women

    Stephen R. Lord;John A. Ward;Philippa Williams;Kaarin J. Anstey

  • Falls in older people: risk factors and strategies for prevention.

    S. R. Lord;C. Sherrington;H. B. Menz;J. C. T. Close

  • Community‐based group exercise improves balance and reduces falls in at‐risk older people: a randomised controlled trial

    Anne Barnett;Ben Smith;Stephen R Lord;Mandy Williams

  • Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: An updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations

    Catherine Sherrington;Catherine Sherrington;Anne Tiedemann;Anne Tiedemann;Nicola Fairhall;Nicola Fairhall;Jacqueline C.T. Close

  • Preseason hamstring muscle weakness associated with hamstring muscle injury in Australian footballers

    J. Orchard;J. Marsden;S. Lord;D. Garlick

  • Postural stability and associated physiological factors in a population of aged persons

    Stephen R. Lord;Russell D. Clark;Ian W. Webster

  • The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study

    Kim Delbaere;Jacqueline C. T. Close;Jacqueline C. T. Close;A. Stefanie Mikolaizak;Perminder S. Sachdev

  • Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Catherine Sherrington;Zoe A Michaleff;Zoe A Michaleff;Nicola Fairhall;Serene S Paul

  • Visual risk factors for falls in older people.

    Stephen R. Lord;Julia Dayhew

  • Balance disorders in the elderly.

    Daina L. Sturnieks;R. St George;Stephen R. Lord

  • Reliability of the GAITRite walkway system for the quantification of temporo-spatial parameters of gait in young and older people.

    Hylton B Menz;Mark D Latt;Anne Tiedemann;Marcella Mun San Kwan

  • Randomised factorial trial of falls prevention among older people living in their own homes

    Lesley M Day;Brian N Fildes;Ian Gordon;Michael Fitzharris

  • Physiological factors associated with falls in an elderly population.

    Stephen R. Lord;Russell D. Clark;Ian W. Webster

  • Age‐related differences in walking stability

    Hylton B Menz;Stephen R Lord;Richard C Fitzpatrick

  • Acceleration patterns of the head and pelvis when walking on level and irregular surfaces.

    Hylton B. Menz;Stephen R. Lord;Richard C. Fitzpatrick

  • EXERCISE TO PREVENT FALLS IN OLDER ADULTS: AN UPDATED SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

    C. Sherrington;Z. Michaleff;Z. Michaleff;N. Fairhall;A. Tiedemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Sherrington
Catherine Sherrington University of Sydney
Hylton B. Menz
Hylton B. Menz La Trobe University
Robert G. Cumming
Robert G. Cumming University of Sydney
Ian D. Cameron
Ian D. Cameron University of Sydney
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Kaarin J. Anstey
Kaarin J. Anstey University of New South Wales
Perminder S. Sachdev
Perminder S. Sachdev University of New South Wales
Lindy Clemson
Lindy Clemson University of Sydney
Lyn March
Lyn March University of Sydney
Philip N. Sambrook
Philip N. Sambrook University of Sydney

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