Care guide for Fall Prevention for Children. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
The prevention of falls in older adults is an issue that can only be solved with regular exercises, sometimes with the supervision of therapists. This paper presents a game framework that uses devices such as the Wii Balance Board (WBB) to replicate fall-prevention programs, such as the Otago...
FOCUSS at home: fall prevention through balance quantification using sensors and serious games at homeM van Diest
fall prevention applications that rely on gait may vary from surface to surface (standard floor uneven ground, stairs, sand, etc.). Users will be wearing the sensor-based solution for extended
This essay critically analyzes fall prevention intervention in diabetic elderly population and its impact on their health and wellbeing.
2. Fall Prevention for Sustainable Healthcare Systems Globally, about one in three older adults above 65 years old fall at least once a year and half of them experience multiple falls [28,29]. About 9–20% of the falls lead to serious injuries (e.g., fractures), hospitalisation, visits...
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA Fact Sheet, Tube and Coupler Scaffolds – Erection and Use, DOC FS-3759 11/2014.https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA_FS-3759.pdf References (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The National Institute for ...
Free-living mobility assessment through instrumented gait (via IMUs) could improve targeted strategies for reducing falls, enabling personalized fall risk prevention2. For example, IMUs can measure abnormal spatial and temporal gait characteristics during ambulatory walks, including gait asymmetry or ...
9 Conclusions Among older adults receiving care at a fall prevention clinic after a fall, a home-based strength and balance retraining exercise program significantly reduced the rate of subsequent falls compared with usual care provided by a geriatrician. These findings support the use of this home...
Risk factors for serious fall related injury in elderly women living at home. Inj Prev. 2004;10:308–13. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Rubenstein LZ. Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention. Age Ageing. 2006;35(Suppl 2):ii37–41...