Stephen R. Lord

69.5k citations

667 papers · 47.6k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 114

Impact in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation top 0.01%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.01%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Papers in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 456
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention 450
Psychiatry and Mental health 304
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders 288

Co-authors: Hylton B. Menz Jacqueline Close Kim Delbaere Catherine Sherrington Anne Tiedemann Henry Brodaty Perminder S. Sachdev Richard C. Fitzpatrick
Journals: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (40 papers)Age and Ageing (39 papers)The Journals of Gerontology Series A (30 papers)Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (20 papers)BMC Geriatrics (19 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Lord

646 papers receiving 45.5k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis 2016 · 691 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 British Journal of Sports Medicine
2013 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2011 New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
2010 PubMed
2010 Age and Ageing
2008 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2007 Cambridge University Press eBooks
2004 Clinical Psychology Review
2003 Physical Therapy
2003 Gait & Posture
2002 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
1994 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
1991 Journal of Gerontology

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Co-authors

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1	Feasibility of a Multidomain Intervention for Safe Mobility in People With Parkinson’s Disease and Recurrent Falls Journal of Movement Disorders ·Natalie E. Allen, Lina Goh, Colleen G. Canning, Catherine Sherrington, Lindy Clemson, Jacqueline Close, Stephen R. Lord, Simon J.G. Lewis, Sara Edwards, Susan Harkness, Roslyn Savage, Lyndell Webster, Genevieve Zelma, Serene S. Paul	2025	3
2	More than step counts: Slow walking speed, limited running, and fewer long walks predict cardiovascular mortality in the Walk Watch UK Biobank study The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Beatriz Herrero Pinilla, Serena Hong, Matthew A. Brodie, Stephen R. Lord, Lloyd L. Y. Chan	2025	0
3	A case management strategy to reduce falls in older people with a history of falls: A randomized controlled trial Geriatric Nursing ·Mariana Ignácio Sossai, Camila Bianca Falasco Pantoni, Karina Gramani Say, Mariana Luiz de Melo, Letícia Teodoro Maciel, Stephen R. Lord, Juliana Hotta Ansai	2024	1
4	Virtual reality obstacle avoidance training can be enhanced by physical feedback via perturbations: A proof-of-concept study Applied Ergonomics ·Yoshiro Okubo, Yixuan He, Matthew A. Brodie, Cameron Hicks, Kimberley S. van Schooten, Nigel H. Lovell, Kaarin J. Anstey, Stephen R. Lord, Juno Kim	2024	2
5	Clinician acceptability of the ReacStep reactive balance training program for fall prevention Physiotherapy Research International ·Chrissie Ho, Shivam Sharma, Tiffany Huang, Daniel Cheung, Cameron Hicks, Daniel Treacy, Melanie K. Farlie, Freddy Man Hin Lam, Stephen R. Lord, Yoshiro Okubo	2024	2
6	Effects of immersive virtual reality training on balance, gait and mobility in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis Gait & Posture ·Junghee Lee, Steven Phu, Stephen R. Lord, Yoshiro Okubo	2024	10
7	Neuromuscular adaptations to perturbation-based balance training using treadmill belt accelerations do not transfer to an obstacle trip in older people: A cross-over randomised controlled trial Human Movement Science ·Steven Phu, Daina L. Sturnieks, Patrick Y. H. Song, Stephen R. Lord, Yoshiro Okubo	2024	3
8	Development, Validation, and Limits of Freezing of Gait Detection Using a Single Waist-Worn Device IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Lloyd L. Y. Chan, Yang Song, M. Aswani, Lauren Kark, Emily J. Henderson, Stephen R. Lord, Matthew A. Brodie	2024	2
9	Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people with mild cognitive impairment: a prospective one-year study PeerJ ·Thanwarat Chantanachai, Morag E. Taylor, Stephen R. Lord, Jasmine C. Menant, Kim Delbaere, Perminder S. Sachdev, Nicole A. Kochan, Henry Brodaty, Daina L. Sturnieks	2022	17
10	Short Daily-Life Walking Bouts and Poor Self-Reported Health Predict the Onset of Depression in Community-Dwelling Older People: A 2-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·Lloyd L. Y. Chan, Kimberley S. van Schooten, Stephen R. Lord, Kim Delbaere, Matthew A. Brodie	2022	7
11	A Case Management Program at Home to Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults (the MAGIC Study): Protocol for a Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial JMIR Research Protocols ·Silsam Napolitano Alberto, Juliana Hotta Ansai, Ana Luísa Janducci, João Vitor Businaro Florido, Areta Dames Cachapuz Novaes, Maria Joana Duarte Caetano, Paulo Giusti Rossi, Larissa Riani Costa Tavares, Stephen R. Lord, Karina Gramani Say	2022	4
12	Sensorimotor impairments, postural instability, and risk of falling in older adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries ·Asha Wettasinghe, Dilshani W.N. Dissanayake, Lara Allet, Prasad Katulanda, Stephen R. Lord	2020	2
13	Chronic pain is independently associated with social frailty in community‐dwelling older adults Geriatrics and gerontology international ·Tatsuya Hirase, Hyuma Makizako, Yoshiro Okubo, Stephen R. Lord, Shigeru Inokuchi, Minoru Okita	2019	16
14	Pilot feasibility study of a home‐based fall prevention exercise program (StandingTall) delivered through a tablet computer (iPad) in older people with dementia Australasian Journal on Ageing ·Morag E. Taylor, Jacqueline Close, Stephen R. Lord, Susan Kurrle, Lyndell Webster, Roslyn Savage, Kim Delbaere	2019	29
15	The role of cognitive function and physical activity in physical decline in older adults across the cognitive spectrum Aging & Mental Health ·Morag E. Taylor, Sirinun Boripuntakul, Barbara Toson, Jacqueline Close, Stephen R. Lord, Nicole A. Kochan, Perminder S. Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Kim Delbaere	2018	25
16	Conceptualizing a Dynamic Fall Risk Model Including Intrinsic Risks and Exposures Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·Jochen Klenk, Clemens Becker, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Lars Schwickert, K. Rapp, Jorunn L. Helbostad, Chris Todd, Stephen R. Lord, Ngaire Kerse	2017	37
17	Exercise for falls prevention in Parkinson disease Neurology ·Colleen G. Canning, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R. Lord, Jacqueline Close, Stéphane Héritier, Gillian Z. Heller, Kirsten Howard, Natalie E. Allen, Mark D. Latt, Susan M. Murray, Sandra D. O'Rourke, Serene S. Paul, Jooeun Song, Victor S.C. Fung	2014	205
18	Poor performance in a test of selective attention, response inhibition and stepping is associated with falls in older people Journal of Aging and Physical Activity ·Daniel Schoene, Stuart Smith, Kim Delbaere, Stephen R. Lord	2012	2
19	Home-based exergaming: an effective fall preventive measure for the elderly Journal of Aging and Physical Activity ·Stuart Smith, Kim Delbaere, Stephen R. Lord	2012	1
20	The ISO Spectral Analysis Package ISAP UCL Discovery (University College London) ·E. Sturm, O. H. Bauer, Johannes Bräuer, M. Buckley, A. S. Harwood, G. Hélou, Irtiza Yamin Khan, J. Li, Stephen R. Lord, D. Lutz, J. M. Mazzarella, P. Morris, Bob Narron, S. Sidher, B. M. Swinyard, S. J. Unger, L. Verstraete, F. Vivares, Ecki Wieprecht, E. Wiezorrek	1998	2

About Stephen R. Lord

Stephen R. Lord is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health, Rehabilitation, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, having authored 667 papers that have together received 47.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (450 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (288 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (109 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (73 papers), Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management (57 papers), Physical Activity and Health (51 papers), Frailty in Older Adults (47 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (25.7k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (16.9k citations), Rehabilitation (7.0k citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (3.4k citations) and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (7.1k citations). Stephen R. Lord has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hylton B. Menz, Jacqueline Close, Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann, Henry Brodaty, Perminder S. Sachdev, Richard C. Fitzpatrick, Kaarin J. Anstey and Philippa Williams. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Age and Ageing, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and BMC Geriatrics.

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