TY - JOUR
T1 - Balance and gait in older electroconvulsive therapy recipients: a pilot study
AU - Plakiotis, Chris
AU - Barson, Fay
AU - Vengadasalam, Bharathi
AU - Haines, Terrence Peter
AU - O'Connor, Daniel William
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat depression in older adults. Despite its efficacy in this regard, an associated increase in the risk of falls in this population is a downside of treatment. ECT research has focused on the incidence of falls, but its effect on balance and gait - intrinsic factors in instability and falls - has not been studied. Our aim was to examine changes in balance and gait among older adults before and after a single ECT session and explore the effect of patient-related and treatment factors on any changes found.
AB - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat depression in older adults. Despite its efficacy in this regard, an associated increase in the risk of falls in this population is a downside of treatment. ECT research has focused on the incidence of falls, but its effect on balance and gait - intrinsic factors in instability and falls - has not been studied. Our aim was to examine changes in balance and gait among older adults before and after a single ECT session and explore the effect of patient-related and treatment factors on any changes found.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678917/pdf/ndt-9-805.pdf
U2 - 10.2147/NDT.S42628
DO - 10.2147/NDT.S42628
M3 - Article
SN - 1176-6328
VL - 9
SP - 805
EP - 812
JO - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
JF - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
ER -