RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Research Projects
A portfolio of research examining falls efficacy, measurement, physical capability, intervention, implementation and digital innovation across different populations and settings.
Projects range from foundational measurement science to clinical implementation and international collaboration, with a common aim of improving understanding of how people prevent and manage fall-related situations.
PORTFOLIO
Connected Research Across the Falls Journey
The projects are linked by a broader interest in the relationship between what people believe they can do, what they can physically do, and how rehabilitation and health systems can support both.
MEASUREMENT
Develop better measures
Develop and evaluate instruments that represent distinct dimensions of falls efficacy and related constructs.
CLINICAL SCIENCE
Understand capability
Examine perceived capability alongside balance, mobility, functional performance and fall-related outcomes.
TRANSLATION
Move research into practice
Explore implementation, feasibility and practical use across healthcare and community settings.
RESEARCH IN ACTION
Developing Research Through Collaboration
Research extends beyond individual studies. Students, collaborators and clinical partners contribute through presentations, research projects, knowledge exchange and international engagement.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Core Research Portfolio
Selected projects across measurement development, cross-cultural research, clinical application and intervention science.
Investigating Falls Efficacy in Asia
An international programme examining falls efficacy and supporting translation and cross-cultural evaluation of measurement approaches across Asian populations.
Explore MdFES programme →Balance Recovery Confidence Research Programme
Research focused on perceived capability to recover balance after destabilising events, including development, psychometric evaluation, short-form development and cross-cultural validation of the BRC.
Explore BRC research →MdFES Research and Implementation
Development and evaluation of a brief multidimensional falls-efficacy measure, followed by implementation work exploring its use within routine healthcare practice.
Explore MdFES →Falls Efficacy and Physical Performance
Research exploring the relationship between perceived fall-related capability and observed physical performance, including situations where confidence and capability may not correspond closely.
Therapeutic Falls Efficacy Project
Research involving community-dwelling older adults, community-hospital inpatients and people with visual impairment to explore therapeutic approaches across fall prevention and fall management.
Explore intervention research →Exercise Interventions Addressing Falls Efficacy
A scoping review examining how exercise interventions address falls efficacy in community-dwelling older adults and whether intervention targets extend beyond balance confidence.
Explore intervention evidence →Functional Fitness MOT
Research exploring practical assessment and communication of functional capability to support proactive health, rehabilitation and healthy ageing.
Fall Monitoring and Digital Health Applications
Student-led and supervised exploratory projects examining how digital approaches may support movement assessment, fall monitoring and related applications in rehabilitation.
Functional Performance and Discharge Planning
Research examining the use of the five-times sit-to-stand and four-metre gait-speed tests to support early discharge planning for older adults in acute inpatient care.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Research Across Countries and Cultures
International collaboration supports cross-cultural evaluation of falls-efficacy measures and enables research questions to be examined across different populations, languages and health systems.
RESEARCH CAPACITY
Developing the Next Generation of Researchers
Student projects form an important part of the research programme, providing opportunities to contribute to measurement, falls research, digital health and clinical innovation while developing research capability.
Student work has also been presented through local and international academic forums and conferences.
Students and collaborators contributing to the Falls Efficacy research programme.
SELECTED OUTPUTS
Recent Research Outputs
Selected publications arising from the wider falls-efficacy and related research programme.
Development of a Short-form Balance Recovery Confidence (SF-BRC) Scale
Soh and colleagues · Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Reliability and Validity of the Balance Recovery Confidence Scale in Persons with Stroke
Wangthomrong and colleagues · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Development and Initial Validation of a Brief Multidimensional Falls Efficacy Scale
Soh and colleagues · Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls
From Research to Practice: A Pilot Implementation Study of a Falls Self-efficacy Tool in a Community Hospital
Tan and colleagues · Frontiers in Health Services
Assessing Falls Efficacy in Seniors: Important Insights in Hospital and Community Settings
Soh and colleagues · Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls
RESEARCH PATHWAY
From Research Question to Practice
Individual projects contribute to a broader translational pathway rather than functioning as isolated studies.
Concept
Define what needs to be understood.
Measure
Develop appropriate ways to assess it.
Investigate
Examine relationships, populations and contexts.
Intervene
Develop approaches relevant to identified needs.
Implement
Evaluate use within real-world practice.
EXPLORE
Continue Exploring the Research
Collaborate on a Research Project
We welcome collaboration involving falls efficacy, measurement science, rehabilitation, implementation, digital health and cross-cultural research.