Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention is a research topic within Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 29.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on gait analysis, fall risk assessment, and interventions for fall prevention in the elderly population. It covers topics such as gait speed, balance control, physical performance measures, and the impact of various factors on fall risk, including age-related changes, neurological conditions like Parkinson's disease, and muscle strength. The cluster also addresses the reliability and validity of assessment tools and the effectiveness of exercise programs for reducing fall incidence.
- Gait Speed
- Fall Risk
- Elderly
- Balance Control
- Falls Prevention
- Physical Performance
- Parkinson's Disease
- Postural Stability
- Timed Up & Go Test
- Muscle Strength
- Research works
- 39k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 29.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 939 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.9k works
- 2 China 939 works
- 3 Japan 723 works
- 4 Brazil 451 works
- 5 United Kingdom 389 works
- 6 South Korea 365 works
- 7 Canada 363 works
- 8 Italy 327 works
- 9 Germany 317 works
- 10 Australia 295 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University publishes the most Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research, followed by University of Illinois Chicago and University of Pittsburgh.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 31 works
- 2 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States 30 works
- 3 University of PittsburghUnited States 29 works
- 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 29 works
- 5 University of MichiganUnited States 27 works
- 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 27 works
- 7 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 26 works
- 8 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 25 works
- 9 KU LeuvenBelgium 22 works
- 10 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 20 works
Who are the leading researchers in Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention include Li Fei-Fei, Sharon E. Straus and Daniel S. Peterson.
- 1 Li Fei-Fei United States 17k citations
- 2 Sharon E. Straus Canada 6k citations
- 3 Daniel S. Peterson United States 5.3k citations
- 4 Luigi Ferrucci United States 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research done?
The largest centres of Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention?
Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai University of Sport, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Beijing Sport University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai University of SportChina | 73.8 | 50.9% | 32.6× | 16 | +152.7% |
| 2 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 62.6 | 38.2% | 7.6× | 26 | +8.0% |
| 3 | Beijing Sport UniversityChina | 59.3 | 48.1% | 23.1× | 14 | -12.9% |
| 4 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 58.7 | 36.4% | 4.0× | 31 | +2.0% |
| 5 | University of Nebraska at OmahaUnited States | 57.6 | 37.7% | 18.8× | 13 | +62.5% |
| 6 | Hasselt UniversityBelgium | 57.3 | 30.1% | 12.9× | 10 | +88.3% |
| 7 | Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in WarsawPoland | 56.8 | 33.7% | 54.4× | 9 | +162.3% |
| 8 | University of PhayaoThailand | 56.6 | 41.4% | 25.9× | 11 | — |
| 9 | University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States | 55.5 | 31.2% | 6.8× | 30 | +8.5% |
| 10 | University of Central FloridaUnited States | 53.8 | 22.5% | 6.0× | 20 | +325.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.