Physical and Occupational Therapist Evaluations for Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department: A Geriatric <scp>ED</scp> Guidelines 2.0 Systematic Review
PT and/or OT evaluations for fall prevention were associated with reduced subsequent ED revisits for older adults. However, the impact of co-interventions and heterogeneity limits strong conclusions.
Authors
- Shan W. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-3717)
- Kristie J. Harper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2967-3183)
- Lauren T. Southerland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-8332)
- Neha P. Raukar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-6479)
- Charles L. Maddow
- Pedro Kallas Curiati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8544-1635)
- Katherine M. Hunold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8938-0596)
- Suzanne Ryer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-889X)
- Fabrice Mowbray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8844-5850)
- Luna Ragsdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7217-2534)
- Alexander X. Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-2776)
- Richard D. Shih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-6343)
- Christopher R. Carpenter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2603-7157)
- Alexis Brengartner
- Ian Tarnovsky
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Aurora Health Care (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Curtin University (AU)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Hospital Sírio-Libanês (BR)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Florida Atlantic University (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70201
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.76
Funders
- Ohio State University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging