Literature DB >> 3962760

The effect of a vinyl floor surface and a carpeted floor surface upon walking in elderly hospital in-patients.

M Willmott.   

Abstract

Fifty-eight elderly hospital patients walked along a 10-m length of carpeted corridor and a 10-m length of vinyl-tiled corridor. Gait speed and step length were significantly greater on the carpeted than on the vinyl surface.

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Year:  1986        PMID： 3962760     DOI： 10.1093/ageing/15.2.119

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Age Ageing        ISSN： 0002-0729            Impact factor:   10.668


  5 in total

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Authors:  Jed Rowe
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  2002-06-15

Review 2.  Sensory environment on health-related outcomes of hospital patients.

Authors:  Amy Drahota; Derek Ward; Heather Mackenzie; Rebecca Stores; Bernie Higgins; Diane Gal; Taraneh P Dean
Journal:  Cochrane Database Syst Rev       Date:  2012-03-14

3.  Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety.

Authors:  Chantelle C Lachance; Michal P Jurkowski; Ania C Dymarz; Stephen N Robinovitch; Fabio Feldman; Andrew C Laing; Dawn C Mackey
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2017-02-06       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  Effect of testing procedures on gait speed measurement: A systematic review.

Authors:  Anna K Stuck; Madeleine Bachmann; Pia Füllemann; Karen R Josephson; Andreas E Stuck
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2020-06-01       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 5.  The SAFEST review: a mixed methods systematic review of shock-absorbing flooring for fall-related injury prevention.

Authors:  Amy Drahota; Lambert M Felix; James Raftery; Bethany E Keenan; Chantelle C Lachance; Dawn C Mackey; Chris Markham; Andrew C Laing
Journal:  BMC Geriatr       Date:  2022-01-06       Impact factor: 3.921
  5 in total

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