• Functional fitness and fall risk in older adults practitioners or non-practitioners of Tai Chi 

    Gómez-Campos, Rossana; Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén; Vega-Novoa, Sebastián; Silva Ramos de Lázar, Marcella; Urzua-Alul, Luis; Rivera-Portugal, Margot; De la Torre Choque, Christian; Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio (2023)
    Tai chi is a fundamental tool that has a significant influence on balance, motor function and fear of falling among older adults. The objective of the study was to verify functional fitness and ...

  • Relationship between executive function subdomains and postural balance in community-dwelling older adults 

    Martínez-Carrasco, Claudia; Cid-Navarrete, Fernanda; Rossel, Pedro O.; Fuentes, Jorge; Roberto Zamunér, Antonio; Méndez-Rebolledo, Guillermo; Cabrera-Aguilera, Ignacio (2025)
    Background: Executive function (EF) deficits are a significant risk factor for falls among older adults (OAs). However, relationship between EF subdomains (shifting, updating, and inhibition), postural balance (PB), and ...

  • Translation, validity and reliability of the fall risk scale for older adults 

    Cossio-Bolaños, Marco; Vidal-Espinoza, Rubén; Caceres-Bahamondes, Javiera; Castelli Correia de Campos, F.; Urzua-Alul, Luis; Silva Ramos de Lázari, Marcella; Luarte Rocha, Cristian; Gomez-Campos, Rossana (2024)
    Introduction Falls in older adults are a common and serious threat to health and functional independence. It can cause psychological distress, inability to participate in activities of daily living, brain injury, fractures, ...