Slow Down and Concentrate: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Fall Prevention among People with Parkinson’s Disease?

Table 3

Falls beyond home: causes and landings (𝑁=249).

		All	Group
			Single fallers	Repeat fallers	Very frequent fallers
Falls (𝑁)		249	19	152	78
Cause: sudden	Tripped	60 (24%)	9 (47%)	37 (24%)	14 (18%)
	Distracted or tired	29 (12%)	1 (5%)	17 (11%)	11 (14%)
	Freezing	16 (6%)	0	10 (7%)	6 (8%)
	Slipped	10 (4%)	0	10 (7%)	0
	Missed footing	9 (4%)	2 (11%)	6 (4%)	1 (1%)
	“Collapse”	9 (4%)	1 (5%)	1 (1%)	7 (9%)
	Total	133 (53%)	13 (68%)	81 (53%)	39 (50%)
Cause: failure	Lost balance	45 (18%)	3 (16%)	30 (20%)	12 (15%)
	Turned (including too fast)	23 (9%)	2 (11%)	14 (9%)	7 (9%)
	Rushing	10 (4%)	0	7 (5%)	3 (4%)
	Dodging someone	7 (3%)	0	4 (3%)	3 (4%)
	Reaching or bending	5 (2%)	0	4 (3%)	1 (1%)
	Step back/small space	3 (1%)	0	1 (1%)	2 (3%)
	Total	93 (37%)	5 (26%)	60 (39%)	28 (36%)
Landing	Forward	125 (50%)	14 (74%)	81 (53%)	30 (38%)
	Backwards/sideways	91 (37%)	3 (16%)	54 (36%)	34 (44%)
	Total	216 (87%)	17 (89%)	135 (89%)	64 (82%)

𝑁: number, %: percent.