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Professor
Stephen Lord
Current Appointments
Senior Principal Research Fellow, NHMRC
Conjoint Professor, UNSW
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Professor Stephen Lord is a Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia. He has published over 400 papers in the areas of balance, gait and falls in older people and is acknowledged as a leading international researcher in his field. His research follows two main themes: the identification of physiological risk factors for falls and the development and evaluation of fall prevention strategies. Key aspects of this research have been the elucidation of sensorimotor factors that underpin balance and gait and the design and evaluation of exercise programs for older people including those at increased risk of falls, i.e. people with Parkinson’s disease, stroke, dementia and frailty. His methodology and approach to fall-risk assessment has been adopted by many researchers and clinicians across the world and he is actively engaged in initiatives aimed at implementing falls prevention evidence into policy and practice.
In December 2019, Stephen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the President of the British Geriatrics Society in recognition for his contribution to falls research.
Publications
2025, 30 Apr
Feasibility of a Multidomain Intervention for Safe Mobility in People With Parkinson’s Disease and Recurrent Falls
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.24237
2024, 24 Oct
Ponencia de Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) sobre el ejercicio para personas con esclerosis múltiple leve o moderada
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.15517/pensarmov.v22i2.62226
2024 Oct
Development, Validation, and Limits of Freezing of Gait Detection Using a Single Waist-Worn Device
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2024.3407059
2024 Sep
Effect of cognitive training on cognitive function in community‐dwelling older people with mild‐to‐moderate dementia: A single‐blind randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13283
2024, 31 Aug
Visual field dependence, sensorimotor function and falls in community dwelling older people
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v18i1.429
2024 Apr
Cognitive and physical declines and falls in older people with and without mild cognitive impairment: a 7-year longitudinal study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000315
2023 Jun
Use of a physiological profile to document upper limb motor impairment in ageing and in neurological conditions
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1113/JP283703
2022 Dec
The rising cost of falls – Health researchers are calling for action
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13157
2022 Sep
Quantifying upper-limb motor impairment in people with multiple sclerosis: A physiological profiling approach
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101625
2022, 13 Jun
A Case Management Program at Home to Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults (the MAGIC Study): Protocol for a Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.2196/34796
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