ANZFPS Webinars

Are we doing enough to promote independence?	Associate Professor Elissa Burton will provide an overview of her systematic review on whether interventions are effective in improving the ability of older adults to get up off the floor independently and the two main methods used. Elissa will outline her kinematic research that identified three main methods, with different methods used across three stages (i.e., initiation, weight transfer, transition to stand) that older adults use to get up from the floor. Finally, Elissa will outline practical considerations of therapeutic/exercise interventions targeting capacity to independently get up from the floor.
Falls Prevention in Residential Aged Care Settings	Dr Jennie Hewitt discusses the implementation of Sunbeam (successful fall prevention intervention) into RACF. Rik Dawson discusses his experience delivering fall prevention exercise using telehealth focusing on the user experience. Jennie and Rik also discuss how AN-ACC has influenced fall prevention activities and provided opportunities for practice change in RACF.
Promoting physical activity across settings	Prof Levinger discussed the use of the Seniors Exercise Parks to improve physical activity and reduce fall risk. Prof Waters discussed the “Steady As You GO” program. Dr Ekegren discussed physical activity and sedentary behaviour in hospital settings.
Collecting, analysing and reporting falls related data	Dr Morello introduces how fall outcomes are commonly measured and collected in clinical practice and research. Dr Soh provides practical guidance on how to report and analyse falls data.
Behaviour Change: an overview and practical implementation for falls prevention	Dr Hassett gives an overview on behaviour change. A/Prof Tiedemann provides insights into the practical implementation of behaviour change into fall prevention efforts.
The Research Power Hour: Professor Sallie Lamb	Professor Sallie Lamb led the Prevention of Fall Injury Trial. This large (n=9083) UK study sought to prevent fractures in older adults with falls risk screening and multifactorial exercise programs. The study was recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and the ANZ Falls Prevention Society hosted Professor Sallie Lamb and an expert panel as they discussed the results and finer details of the Fall Injury Prevention. The panel included Professors Cathie Sherrington, Vasi Naganathan and Stephen Lord.
Pain, Balance and Falls in Older Adults Webinar	Pain as a risk factor for falls – An overview of the literature: Dr Daina Sturnieks, Neuroscience Research Australia Gait, balance and pain in knee osteoarthritis and its impacts on fall: Professor Pazit Levinger, National Ageing Research Institute Foot pain, balance and falls in older people: Professor Hylton Menz, La Trobe University Interventions to reduce chronic pain—focus on older people: Mr Rodrigo Rizzo, Neuroscience Research Australia
The Research Power Hour: Unpacking the Stride Trial	The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (IMH) hosted 'The Research Power Hour’ on Friday 4th September. The webinar unpacked the recent STRIDE trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. STRIDE was a large US multicenter, cluster-randomized, pragmatic trial that explored strategies to reduce injuries and develop confidence in older people. The trial’s abstract and recent publication can be found here: Stride Trial Article During the webinar, participants heard from Dr Nancy Latham, STRIDE Study Director, and an expert panel as they discussed the results and finer details of this impressive trial and took questions from the audience. The expert panel included Professor Cathie Sherrington, Professor Vasi Naganathan and Professor Stephen Lord.
Health Economics Webinar	Dr Alison Pearce introduces how Health Economists think, and why that might be interesting and/or useful to fall prevention researchers. Alison gives practical guidance for how to find and work with a Health Economist. Daniel Treacy discusses the practical application of health economics using an example from hospital rehabilitation.10 presentations from the seminar overviewing the current evidence supporting exercise for fall prevention and systems approaches that acknowledge the complexity of influences on behaviour and outcomes and help us target aspects to change.
Exercise for falls prevention: How Can we have a greater impact on policy and practice?	10 presentations from the seminar overviewing the current evidence supporting exercise for fall prevention and systems approaches that acknowledge the complexity of influences on behaviour and outcomes and help us target aspects to change.
Estimating the effect of treatment on people who comply with allocated treatment in randomised controlled trial using CACE	Prof Rob Herbert provides a brief background on what it means to be a complier, the complier average causal effect (CACE), assumptions needed to estimate the CACE, and approaches to estimating the CACE. Dr. Nicola Fairhall discusses the practical application of CACE analysis using an example from one of her randomised controlled trials.