TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - The genetic code should be seen as a positioning code JF - British journal of arts and social sciences. Vol. 14 (2013), No. 1 Y1 - 2013 SN - 2046-9578 SP - 93 EP - 97 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knobe, M. A1 - Giesen, M. A1 - Plate, S. A1 - Gradl-Dietsch, G. A1 - Buecking, B. A1 - Eschbach, D. A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Pape, H.-C. T1 - The Aachen mobility and balance index to measure physiological falls risk: a comparison with the Tinetti POMA scale JF - European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery N2 - Purpose The most commonly used mobility assessments for screening risk of falls among older adults are rating scales such as the Tinetti performance oriented mobility assessment (POMA). However, its correlation with falls is not always predictable and disadvantages of the scale include difficulty to assess many of the items on a 3-point scale and poor specificity. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of the new Aachen Mobility and Balance Index (AMBI) to discriminate between subjects with a fall history and subjects without such events in comparison to the Tinetti POMA Scale. Methods For this prospective cohort study, 24 participants in the study group and 10 in the control group were selected from a population of patients in our hospital who had met the stringent inclusion criteria. Both groups completed the Tinetti POMA Scale (gait and balance component) and the AMBI (tandem stance, tandem walk, ten-meter-walk-test, sit-to-stand with five repetitions, 360° turns, timed-up-and-go-test and measurement of the dominant hand grip strength). A history of falls and hospitalization in the past year were evaluated retrospectively. The relationships among the mobility tests were examined with Bland–Altmananalysis. Receiver-operated characteristics curves, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. Results The study showed a strong negative correlation between the AMBI (17 points max., highest fall risk) and Tinetti POMA Scale (28 points max., lowest fall risk; r = −0.78, p < 0.001) with an excellent discrimination between community-dwelling older people and a younger control group. However, there were no differences in any of the mobility and balance measurements between participants with and without a fall history with equal characteristics in test comparison (AMBI vs. Tinetti POMA Scale: AUC 0.570 vs. 0.598; p = 0.762). The Tinetti POMA Scale (cut-off <20 points) showed a sensitivity of 0.45 and a specificity of 0.69, the AMBI a sensitivity of 0.64 and a specificity of 0.46 (cut-off >5 points). Conclusion The AMBI comprises mobility and balance tasks with increasing difficulty as well as a measurement of the dominant hand-grip strength. Its ability to identify fallers was comparable to the Tinetti POMA Scale. However, both measurement sets showed shortcomings in discrimination between fallers and non-fallers based on a self-reported retrospective falls-status. KW - Tinetti test KW - Mobility KW - Mobility tests KW - Ground-level falls KW - Elderly KW - Fall prevention KW - Co-managed care KW - Balance Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-016-0693-2 SN - 1863-9941 VL - 42 IS - 5 SP - 537 EP - 545 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Tennisarm - Ursachen und Behandlung JF - Apotheker-Journal . 9 (1987), H. 2 Y1 - 1987 SN - 0720-1028 SP - 42 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Ohnsorge, J. T1 - Technik und Ergebnisse der arthroskopischen Fixation von Dissekaten an der medialen Femurrolle mit resorbierbaren EthipinR-Stiften JF - Abstracts : SICOT 87, XVII. world congress, Munich, 16 - 21 August 1987 / [ed.: H. Wagner] Y1 - 1987 SN - 3-921512-85-9 N1 - International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology / Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie SP - 277 PB - Demeter CY - Gräfelfing ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Sterben und Tod aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht - dying and death from a scientific point of view Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-936624-41-0 PB - van Laack GmbH CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Refisch, A. T1 - Stellenwert der Kniegelenksarthroskopie aus diagnostischer und therapeutischer Sicht JF - Aktuelle Ergebnisse der Osteologie : Timmendorfer Strand, 21. - 23. November 1985 / hrsg. von P. Dietsch Y1 - 1986 SN - 3-11-011147-0 N1 - Osteologia ; 1 PB - de Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Schnittstelle Tod: Wo stehen wir nach 40 Jahren NTE-Forschung? Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-201603132912 SN - 978-3-936624-30-4 (Print-Ausgabe) SN - 978-3-936624-32-8 (Online-Ausgabe) N1 - Tagungsbeiträge des 4. Europäischen Seminars am 07. November 2015 in Aachen zum Thema Nahtoderfahrungen mit dem Serientitel: "Schnittstelle Tod" PB - van Laack GmbH CY - Aachen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Schnittstelle Tod: Was spricht für unser Weiterleben? Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-936624-19-9 N1 - Walter van Laack [Hrsg.] PB - van Laack CY - Aachen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Schnittstelle Tod: Was lernen wir durch Corona über Leben und Tod? Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-936624-53-3 N1 - Siebter Tagungsband aus der Buchreihe “Schnittstelle Tod” PB - van Laack GmbH CY - Aachen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Schnittstelle Tod: Warum auf ein Danach vertrauen? Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-936624-14-4 N1 - Tagungsbeiträge des 2. Europäischen Seminars in Aachen zum Thema Nahtoderfahrungen mit dem Titel "Schnittstelle Tod", am 12. November 2011 mit Referenten aus fünf Ländern / [Hrsg.: Walter van Laack] PB - Books on Demand CY - Norderstedt ER -