Nicola Fairhall

9.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
38 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Nicola Fairhall is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Fairhall has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 16 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 15 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Fairhall's work include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (16 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (16 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (15 papers). Nicola Fairhall is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (16 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (16 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (15 papers). Nicola Fairhall collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Nicola Fairhall's co-authors include Catherine Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann, Stephen R. Lord, Zoe A Michaleff, Ian D. Cameron, Jacqueline Close, Geraldine Wallbank, Lindy Clemson, Kirsten Howard and Sarah E Lamb and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and British Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Fairhall

38 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Exercise for preventing falls in older ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2019 2016 2016 2011 2020 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community
    2019 821 citations Catherine Sherrington, Nicola Fairhall et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
  2. Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
    2016 691 citations Catherine Sherrington, Zoe A Michaleff et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
  3. A critical review of the long-term disability outcomes following hip fracture
    2016 620 citations Suzanne M Dyer, Maria Crotty et al. BMC Geriatrics profile →
  4. Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations
    2011 592 citations Catherine Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann et al. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin profile →
  5. Evidence on physical activity and osteoporosis prevention for people aged 65+ years: a systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
    2020 275 citations Marina B. Pinheiro, Juliana S Oliveira et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  6. Evidence on physical activity and falls prevention for people aged 65+ years: systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
    2020 216 citations Catherine Sherrington, Nicola Fairhall et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  7. Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community: an abridged Cochrane systematic review
    2019 203 citations Catherine Sherrington, Nicola Fairhall et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
  8. Environmental interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
    2023 59 citations Lindy Clemson, Susan Stark et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicola Fairhall Australia 24 2.0k 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 949 38 5.0k
Nancy K. Latham United States 30 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 652 0.5× 504 0.5× 80 4.5k
Tahir Masud United Kingdom 38 1.7k 0.9× 923 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 631 0.5× 930 1.0× 192 5.5k
Nina Beyer Denmark 39 2.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 648 0.5× 645 0.7× 102 6.1k
Lesley D Gillespie New Zealand 17 3.7k 1.8× 941 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 780 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 18 7.0k
Dorothy I. Baker United States 29 2.5k 1.2× 775 0.4× 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 530 0.6× 41 5.8k
Margaret Gottschalk United States 16 1.7k 0.8× 627 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 892 0.7× 447 0.5× 17 3.5k
C. Jessie Jones United States 20 1.7k 0.8× 2.5k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 608 0.5× 598 0.6× 37 6.3k
Marco Inzitari Spain 31 905 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 339 0.4× 130 5.2k
Lillemor Lundin‐Olsson Sweden 36 2.2k 1.1× 758 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 666 0.5× 345 0.4× 89 4.1k
Roberta E. Rikli United States 17 1.8k 0.9× 2.7k 1.5× 1.4k 0.9× 613 0.5× 546 0.6× 36 6.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sherrington, Catherine, Nicola Fairhall, Wing S Kwok, et al.. (2023). Exercise for fall prevention in community-dwelling people aged 60+: more effective in trials with higher fall rates in control groups. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 159. 116–127. 3 indexed citations
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Clemson, Lindy, Susan Stark, Alison Pighills, et al.. (2023). Environmental interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023(3). CD013258–CD013258. 59 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pinheiro, Marina B., Catherine Sherrington, Kirsten Howard, et al.. (2022). Economic evaluations of fall prevention exercise programs: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 56(23). 1353–1365. 21 indexed citations
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Dyer, Suzanne M, Nicola Fairhall, Ian D. Cameron, et al.. (2020). Supporting community‐dwelling older people with cognitive impairment to stay at home: A modelled cost analysis. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 39(4). e506–e514. 3 indexed citations
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Sherrington, Catherine, Nicola Fairhall, Wing S Kwok, et al.. (2020). Evidence on physical activity and falls prevention for people aged 65+ years: systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17(1). 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pinheiro, Marina B., Juliana S Oliveira, Adrian Bauman, et al.. (2020). Evidence on physical activity and osteoporosis prevention for people aged 65+ years: a systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17(1). 144–144. 275 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morello, Renata, Sze‐Ee Soh, Amy Egan, et al.. (2019). Multifactorial falls prevention programmes for older adults presenting to the emergency department with a fall: systematic review and meta-analysis. Injury Prevention. 25(6). 557–564. 38 indexed citations
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Dyer, Suzanne M, Maria Crotty, Nicola Fairhall, et al.. (2016). A critical review of the long-term disability outcomes following hip fracture. BMC Geriatrics. 16(1). 158–158. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Ian D. Cameron, et al.. (2016). A multifactorial intervention for frail older people is more than twice as effective among those who are compliant: complier average causal effect analysis of a randomised trial. Journal of physiotherapy. 63(1). 40–44. 28 indexed citations
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Sherrington, Catherine, Zoe A Michaleff, Nicola Fairhall, et al.. (2016). Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 51(24). 1750–1758. 691 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cameron, Ian D., Nicola Fairhall, Liz Gill, et al.. (2015). Developing Interventions for Frailty. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 2015. 1–7. 19 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Susan Kurrle, et al.. (2014). Economic Evaluation of a Multifactorial, Interdisciplinary Intervention Versus Usual Care to Reduce Frailty in Frail Older People. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 16(1). 41–48. 105 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, & Ian D. Cameron. (2013). Mobility training for increasing mobility and functioning in older people with frailty. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 4 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Ian D. Cameron, et al.. (2013). Predicting participation restriction in community-dwelling older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Age and Ageing. 43(1). 31–37. 18 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R. Lord, et al.. (2013). Effect of a multifactorial, interdisciplinary intervention on risk factors for falls and fall rate in frail older people: a randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing. 43(5). 616–622. 93 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Susan Kurrle, et al.. (2012). Effect of a multifactorial interdisciplinary intervention on mobility-related disability in frail older people: randomised controlled trial. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 120–120. 128 indexed citations
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R. Lord, et al.. (2011). Treating frailty-a practical guide. BMC Medicine. 9(1). 83–83. 121 indexed citations
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Sherrington, Catherine, Anne Tiedemann, Nicola Fairhall, Jacqueline Close, & Stephen R. Lord. (2011). Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 22(4). 78–78. 592 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fairhall, Nicola, Catherine Sherrington, Lindy Clemson, & Ian D. Cameron. (2011). Do exercise interventions designed to prevent falls affect participation in life roles? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing. 40(6). 666–674. 28 indexed citations

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