Falls Prevention
Our research team have been active in this space with a focus not only on preventing falls in hospitals.
We are being innovative in exploring new programs that older people may engage in to reduce their risk of harm from falling.
We have published the findings from our NHMRC Project Grant funded wearable technology clinical trials and continue to work on the data collected previously.
More recently, Dr Agathe Daria Jadczak has been funded for her collaborative project with the Adelaide University Judo Club (AUJC) by The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF), where they developed a Train-the-Trainer workshop to upskill allied health practitioners to teach older adults safe-landing skills.
At the same time, Dr Jadczak and AUJC also evaluate the efficacy of their innovative judo-based exercise program on safe-landing skills in older community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and above.
Get involved
The project is ongoing and interested participants, including both older adults and allied health practitioners, can express their interest.
Express your interest
Email: agathedaria.jadczak@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: 08 8133 4012 (Dr Agathe Daria Jadczak)
Using judo to reduce falls and frailty risk
Recent publications
| By | Title |
|---|---|
| Jadczak, A. D., Verma, M., Headland, M., Tucker, G., & Visvanathan, R. A | Judo-Based Exercise Program to Reduce Falls and Frailty Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Feasibility Study. Journal of Frailty and Aging 2024, 13(1), 1-9. |
| Chan, U., Ayliffe, L., Visvanathan, R., Headland, M., Verma, M., & Jadczak, A. D. | Judo-based exercise programs to improve health outcomes in middle-aged and older adults with no judo experience: A scoping review. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2023, 23(3), 163-178. |
| Callan M…Jadczak AD…et al. | Global Consensus Statement: How Can Judo Contribute to Reducing the Problem of Injurious Falls in Older Adults? The Arts and Sciences of Judo 2024; 4(1):14-27. |
| Visvanathan R et. al. | Findings from three methods to identify falls in hospitals: results from the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management system falls prevention trial. Aus J Ageing 2023 Oct 20. |
| Pham CT, Visvanathan R..Karnon J. | Cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis of an Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM) system compared to usual care to prevent falls in older people in hospitals. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2023; 21(2): 315-325. |
| Dollard J..Visvanathan R. | Patient acceptability of a novel technological solution (Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management System) to prevent falls in geriatric and general medicine wards: a mixed-methods study. Gerontology 2022; 68(9): 1070-1080. |
| Visvanathan R… | Effectiveness of the wearable sensor-based ambient intelligent geriatric management (AmbIGeM) system in preventing falls in older people in hospitals. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 77 (1): 155-163. |