Browsing by Subject "Mobility"
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Choice reaction time and subsequent mobility decline: Prospective observational findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2020)Background: Cognitive and motor function in ageing are intertwined, but whether slower motor response time (MRT) to a cognitive stimulus could herald accelerated mobility decline is unknown. Using data from The Irish ... -
Eight-year longitudinal falls trajectories and associations with modifiable risk factors: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2023)Background: The label 'faller' and the associated stigma may reduce healthcare-seeking behaviours. However, falls are not inevitably progressive and many drivers are modifiable. This observational study described the 8-year ... -
Exploring bi-directional temporal associations between timed-up-and-go and cognitive domains in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)Introduction: The bi-directional longitudinal associations between mobility and cognition in older adults are poorly understood. Our objective was to study the temporal associations between timed-up-and-go (TUG) and five ... -
Feasibility of a Broad Test Battery to Assess Physical Functioning Limitations of People Experiencing Homelessness
(2021)Background: People who are homeless experience poor health. Reflective of overall health and factors such as acquired injuries, physical ability or functioning is often low among people who are homeless, but there is a ... -
Frailty status can be accurately assessed using inertial sensors and the TUG test
(2014)Background: Frailty is an important geriatric syndrome linked to increased mortality, morbidity and falls risk. Methods: a total of 399 community-dwelling older adults were assessed using Fried’s frailty phenotype and the ... -
Functional Mobility Trajectories of Hospitalized Older Adults Admitted to the Acute Geriatric Wards: A Retrospective Observational Study in an English University Hospital
(2019)Aim: The mobility trajectories of hospitalized older people are heterogeneous, and there is a need to understand patient groups with similar trajectories. Our aims were to identify mobility trajectories of older patients ... -
Mobility and gender at the top tail of the earnings distribution
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2006)The increasing share of the top fractile in the earnings distributions of several Anglo- Saxon heritage economies since the 1970s has been dramatic, and well documented. To date, however, little is known about the ...