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Working groups

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Tahir Masud, Dr. Jesper Ryg, and Dr. Ellen Freiberger

Members: 

Ditte Beck Jepsen, Giulia Ogliari, and Katie Robinson

Working Group 2. Polypharmacy, Fall Risk Increasing Drugs, and Falls

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Mirko Petrovic, and Dr. Nathalie van der Velde

Members:

Dr. Sirpa Hartikainen, Dr. Louise Mallet, Dr. Tahir Masud, Eveline Poelgeest, Dr. Jesper Ryg, Lotta Seppala, Katja Thomsen

Working Group 3. Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Falls

Working Group 1. Gait and Balance Assessment Tools to Assess Risk for Falls

Working Group 3. Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Lewis Lipsitz and Dr. Rose Anne Kenny

Members:

Dr. Robert Bourke and Sergio Perez

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Stephen Lord, Dr. Catherine Sherrington, Dr. Dawn Skelton, Dr. Suzanne Dyer, and Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Members: 

 Dr. Jasmine Menant, Dr. Morag Taylor, Dr. Anne Tiedemann, Dr. Marina De Barros Pinheiro, Dr. Venisa Kwok, Dr. Juliana Souza de Oliveira, Dr. Nicki Fairhall, Dr. Jenni Suen, Dr. Rik Dawson, Dr. Natalie E Allen, Dr. Colleen G Canning, and Dr. Frances Batchelor

Working Group 5. Falls in Hospitals and Nursing Homes

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Gustavo Duque, and Dr. Koen Milisen, 

Members:

Dr. Ben Kirk, Dr. Meg Morris, Dr. Cathy Said,, and Dr. Ellen Vlaeyen

Working Group 6. Cognition and Falls

Working Group 4. Exercise Interventions for Prevention of Falls

Working Group 6. Cognition and Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Neil B. Alexander, Dr. Susan Hunter, Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Dr. Joe Verghese 

Members: 

Dr. Munira Sultana, Dr. Frederico Faria, Surim Son, and Jia Qi (Jackie) Liu

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Leaders: 

Dr. Richard Camicioli, Dr. Jeffrey Hausdorff, and Dr. Alice Nieuwboer

Working Group 8. Falls and Technology

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Leaders: 

Dr. Tischa van der Cammen, Dr. Ervin Sejdic, Dr. Clemens Becker,  Dr. Jeffrey Hausdorff, and Dr. Chris Todd

Members:

Dr. Lorenzo Chiari, Anton Jellema, Wolf Yu Song, Anisha Suri, and Kayla S. Bohlke

Working Group 9. Falls in Developing Countries

Working Group 7. Falls in Parkinson's Disease + Related Disorders

Working Group 9. Falls in Developing Countries

Leaders: 

Dr. Maw Pin Tan, Dr. Jose Fernando Gomez-Montes, and Dr. Monica Perracini

Members:

Dr. Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Renato Barbosantos and Maya Sumaiyah

Working Group 10. Multifactorial Interventions

Working Group 11. Cross-Cutting theme: older person & stakeholder perspective

Working Group 11. Cross-Cutting theme: older person & stakeholder perspective

Leaders: 

Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Dr. Tahir Masud, Dr. Pip Logan, Dr. Mark Speechley, Dr. Nathalie van der Velde, Dr. Jennifer Watt, and Dr. Ian Cameron

Members:

Dr. Sara Aguilar, Dr. Juan Carlos Carbajal, Dr. Alberto Mimenza, and Dr. Rogelio Moctezuma

Working Group 11. Cross-Cutting theme: older person & stakeholder perspective

Working Group 11. Cross-Cutting theme: older person & stakeholder perspective

Working Group 11. Cross-Cutting theme: older person & stakeholder perspective

Leader: Dr. David B. Hogan

Working Group 12. Concerns about Falling and Falls

Working Group 13. Environmental Interventions for the Prevention of Falls

Working Group 13. Environmental Interventions for the Prevention of Falls

Leaders: 

Dr. Ellen Freiberger, and Dr. Kim Delbaere

Member: 

Dr. Ryota Sakurai, Dr. Chris Todd, Dr. Rixt Zijlstra, Dr. Mae Lim, Dr. Toby Ellmers, Dr. David B. Hogan 

Working Group 13. Environmental Interventions for the Prevention of Falls

Working Group 13. Environmental Interventions for the Prevention of Falls

Working Group 13. Environmental Interventions for the Prevention of Falls

Leaders: 

Emeritus Professor Lindy Clemson, A/Professor Susy Stark, A/Professor Alison Pighills;,and Professor Sebestina Dsouza

Member: 



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