November 4, 2024
IPTOP is inviting comments from any individual or organisation that has an interest in the standards or is working as a physiotherapist in areas of disaster, conflict or pandemic. In 2024 IPTOP was ap...
Read moreFebruary 15, 2024
Australian Ageing Agenda: New research outlines how a tailored exercise and falls prevention plan can successfully prevent aged care residents falling. The findings have been published in two research...
Read moreDecember 14, 2022
The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or screening of falls risk. The FROP-Com is an assessment tool and involv...
Read moreSeptember 30, 2022
‘It takes a child one year to acquire independent movement and ten years to acquire independent mobility. An old person can lose both in a day’ – Professor Bernard Isaacs (1924–1995) This ...
Read moreJuly 19, 2021
There’s international action on fall prevention and management practice guidelines, headed by Canadian fall prevention expert Dr Montero-Odasso of Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Ne...
Read moreDecember 11, 2020
Up to 5 million deaths a year could be averted if the global population was more active. At a time when many people are home bound due to COVID-19, new WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentar...
Read moreDecember 4, 2020
These guidelines are unique because they don’t just focus on a single movement behaviour, but instead look at how all these integrate together. There are three core recommendations to keep in mind: ...
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