"Accidental Falls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.
| Descriptor ID |
D000058
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Accidental Falls- Accidental Falls
- Falls
- Falling
- Falls, Accidental
- Accidental Fall
- Fall, Accidental
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Accidental Falls" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Falls in Men and Women Living With and Without HIV in MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Jun 01; 101(6):612-619.
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A systematic review of chiropractic care for fall prevention: rationale, state of the evidence, and recommendations for future research. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Sep 05; 23(1):844.
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Approaches to Fracture Risk Assessment and Prevention. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2021 04; 19(2):158-165.
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The neural correlates of falls: Alterations in large-scale resting-state networks in elderly fallers. Gait Posture. 2020 07; 80:56-61.
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Do Patients With Parkinson's Disease With Freezing of Gait Respond Differently Than Those Without to Treadmill Training Augmented by Virtual Reality? Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2020 05; 34(5):440-449.
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The effects of dual-task cognitive interference on gait and turning in Huntington's disease. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226827.
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Blood pressure lowering medication initiation and fracture risk: a SWAN pharmacoepidemiology study. Arch Osteoporos. 2019 06 28; 14(1):73.
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Analysis of Free-Living Gait in Older Adults With and Without Parkinson's Disease and With and Without a History of Falls: Identifying Generic and Disease-Specific Characteristics. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 03 14; 74(4):500-506.
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Everyday Stepping Quantity and Quality Among Older Adult Fallers With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment: Initial Evidence for New Motor Markers of Cognitive Deficits? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 07 09; 73(8):1078-1082.
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Model-based and Model-free Machine Learning Techniques for Diagnostic Prediction and Classification of Clinical Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease. Sci Rep. 2018 05 08; 8(1):7129.