Common precipitants and complications of falls in Parkinson's disease (PD)
| Causes | PD related |
| Advancing disease | |
| Poor control | |
| Motor fluctuations | |
| Postural instability | |
| Orthostatic hypotension | |
| Dyskinesia | |
| Psychosis | |
| Non-PD related | |
| Sepsis | |
| Cardiovascular | |
| Arrhythmia/ischaemic heart disease/embolus | |
| Respiratory | |
| COPD/interstitial lung disease | |
| Locomotor | |
| Osteoarthritis/rheumatoid arthritis | |
| Pharmacological | |
| Sedatives/cardioactive drugs/levodopa | |
| Neurological | |
| Stroke/peripheral neuropathy | |
| Sequelae | Fractures |
| Pain | |
| Head injury | |
| Delirium |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.