Toby Ellmers

Our new framework describing how fear of falling turns maladaptive (from protective) is finally out in @Age_and_Ageing. Final paper from my Fellowship with @willyoungexeter and @markwilson_psy (and @Elmar_Kal). Probably the one I am most proud of. academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Older individuals who had more positive self-perceptions of aging at baseline were better protected against negative physical consequences following a subsequent fall. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

@ShawnSohPT That's awesome!!

@Toby_Ellmers delighted to see your PCOF translated into the thai version! Nice. 🚀🇬🇧🇹🇭

Can a brainstem reflex tell us how well you balance? Our new study shows that prepulse inhibition varies with postural load—opening the door to use PPI as a potential marker of postural control. Read the preprint 👇 dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.… #gait #balance #neurophysiology

Dr @Toby_Ellmers from @ImperialBrains spoke to @BBCRadioScot on research which finds there is a strong association between an older person’s view of how they are #ageing and how well they will physically recover after a fall. 🎧Listen from 54mins bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Dr Toby Ellmers (@Toby_Ellmers) who co-led the study, said: “Those who expressed more positive feelings about their own ageing seemed to be protected against worse physical consequences after a fall.

Why is recovering from a loss of balance sometimes harder when we overthink it? In our new EEG study (now out in Jneuro!), we show that consciously controlling balance dampens the cortical response to a sudden loss of balance (and balance gets worse)! jneurosci.org/content/44/48/…

@PauloPelicioni @moda Bluesky is where it's at mate!

@DavidHerdmanPT Congrats! And ironically an accompanying video likely to induce dizziness!

Thanks Julia- it was a great evening and very well organised.

@JenniferNCrow @ImperialBrains @Imperial_PERC @StrokeImperial @HomeUrs29 @PareshMalhotra @RCOT_NP Amazing work!

Hugely grateful for this award! Thank you to the amazing patients and public that have given, and continue to give, of their time to support me in my engagement work @ImperialBrains @Imperial_PERC @StrokeImperial @HomeUrs29 @PareshMalhotra @RCOT_NP #lifeafterstroke

Excited to share a paper looking at the relationship between perceived and actual balance, and how it relates to falls: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Also, Andrew Hooyman made this cool interactive app based on the data! superg.shinyapps.io/DiscordanceApp/ @JK_Longhurst @martima80

Winding down activity here. New posts will be at: bsky.app/profile/tobyel…

Paradoxically – it seems that trying too hard to maximise “current” stability reduces the cortex’s ability to effectively respond to future losses of balance. More to follow from the best team ever... @RSM_biomechs @Toby_Ellmers

We did it. We killed neuro twitter and it's resuscitation it's happening somewhere else. Come join us! thetransmitter.org/community/huge…

Bluesky has now reached that sweet spot where the feed is much more engaging and interesting than it is here. I only visit twitter 1-2 times a week compared to Bsky multiple times a day now.

This led them to develop the UP-COF, the Updated Perceived Control of Falling Scale, informed by older adults and clinicians - read more in their @Age_and_Ageing paper at academic.oup.com/ageing/article… #BGSconf

But is concern about falling an independent risk factor for further falls, regardless of deconditioning etc? @Toby_Ellmers et al's upcoming systematic review (coming soon to @Age_and_Ageing) suggests so #BGSconf

@chrismccrum Our other in review one has 50+ studies included (awful job extracting that much data haha) - so hopefully the two of them combined should give you some useful papers!

@Toby_Ellmers Thanks! Your review was already on my list to check for recent studies - will be in touch!

Can anyone share some recent (last 5 years) studies reporting prospectively monitored fall incidence/causes in larger (i.e., 100+) samples? Struggling to find many...

I’m happy to 📢that there are >=2 competitive #PhDstudent assistantships in Fall ’25. Please send me your CV, transcripts, and #research interests @PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace #PhDposition #funding @AUG_University #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicjobs debjehu.wixsite.com/gaitlab/join-t…