Falls in the elderly related to postural imbalance.

PW Overstall, AN Exton-Smith, FJ Imms, AL Johnson - Br Med J, 1977 - bmj.com
Two hundred and forty-three elderly people aged 60 to 96 years were questioned about
their falls, and their sway was measured. For comparison sway was also measured in 63 …

Multicentre, double-blind, randomised comparison between lamotrigine and carbamazepine in elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy

MJ Brodie, PW Overstall, L Giorgi… - Epilepsy research, 1999 - Elsevier
In a multicentre, double-blind trial 150 elderly patients (mean age 77 years) with newly
diagnosed epilepsy were randomised in a 2: 1 ratio to treatment with lamotrigine (LTG) or …

The use of balance training in elderly people with falls

PW Overstall - Reviews in Clinical gerontology, 2003 - cambridge.org
Falls, once thought to be an inevitable consequence of aging are now known to be the result
of multiple pathological, psychological and social factors. Moreover, well-conducted …

Use of the'air wave system'to prevent pressure sores in hospital

AN Exton-Smith, J Wedgwood, PW Overstall… - The Lancet, 1982 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of a new method of preventing pressure sores, the'Air Wave
System'(AWS), has been compared with that of the conventional large-cell ripple mattress …

Falls

PW Overstall - Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 1992 - cambridge.org
The study of falls began with Sheldon in 1948 and most clinicians would feel that progress
since then in our understanding of the problem has been slow and steady rather than …

Geriatric medicine in the European Union: future scenarios.

SA Duursma, PW Overstall - Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und …, 2003 - europepmc.org
The differences in training and services in geriatric medicine between European Union
member countries raise some questions: what is a geriatrician, what is geriatric medicine …

Prevention of falls in the elderly

PW Overstall - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
To prevent falls effectively, one must first understand the underlying reasons. Although
environmental factors are sometimes to blame, the fundamental cause is a decline in …

Alkaline phosphatase: changes in serum levels after a fracture.

DE Sharland, PW Overstall - British Medical Journal, 1978 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Large increases in serum alkaline phosphatase concentrations after fractures in elderly
patients have been noted in specialist journals,'but standard textbooks either make scant …

A comparative study of lormetazepam and chlormethiazole in elderly in-patients

PW Overstall, PN Oldman - Age and ageing, 1987 - academic.oup.com
Sixty-two elderly in-patients suffering from insomnia were studied in a double-blind, double-
dummy, placebo-controlled trial. Each group received either lormetazepam 1 mg …

Experience with an incontinence clinic

PW Overstall, K Rounce… - Journal of the American …, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
In an “incontinence clinic,” a study of 309 elderly patients showed the most common causes
of incontinence to be: unstable bladder (57 percent), outflow obstruction (13 percent), and …