Observational studyAge and ageing2022
Protective responses of older adults for avoiding injury during falls: evidence from video capture of real-life falls in long-term care.
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- Strategies to Minimize Fall-related Injuries in Older Adults at Risk of Falls: The Falling Safely Training Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Trial
- Views and experiences of older people taking part in a safe-falling training program: Lessons learned from the FAlling Safely Training (FAST) trial.BMC geriatrics · 2024Trial
- Relating Real-World Falls to Laboratory Test Conditions.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Development of a Fall-Specific Impact Testing Method to Evaluate Safety Helmet Performance and Injury Risk.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Excess risk of fracture in incident Parkinson's disease Medicare beneficiaries.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Validity of multiple human pose estimation tools for measuring knee impact angles in video-captured falls of older adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- Beyond bone density: toward an integrated bone- muscle-function framework for fragility fracture prevention.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Incident Falls Across Concordant and Discordant Profiles of Concerns About Falling and Functional Mobility in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Estimating hip impact velocity and acceleration from video-captured falls using a pose estimation algorithm.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Role of the Upper Limb in Limiting Head Impact During Laboratory-Induced Falls in at Fall-Risk Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Analyzing Optimal Wearable Motion Sensor Placement for Accurate Classification of Fall Directions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Interactions during falls with environmental objects: evidence from real-life falls in long-term care captured on video.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- Minimizing fall-related injuries in at-risk older adults: The falling safely training (FAST) study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundfalls are common in older adults, and any fall from standing height onto a rigid surface has the potential to cause a serious brain injury or bone fracture. Safe strategies for falling in humans have traditionally been difficult to study.
objectiveto determine whether specific 'safe landing' strategies (body rotation during descent, and upper limb bracing) separate injurious and non-injurious falls in seniors.
designobservational cohort study.
settingtwo long-term care homes in Vancouver BC.
methodsvideos of 2,388 falls experienced by 658 participants (mean age 84.0 years; SD 8.1) were analysed with a structured questionnaire. General estimating equations were used to examine how safe landing strategies associated with documented injuries.
resultsinjuries occurred in 38% of falls, and 4% of falls caused injuries treated in hospitals. 32% of injuries were to the head. Rotation during descent was common and protective against injury. In 43% of falls initially directed forward, participants rotated to land sideways, which reduced their odds for head injury 2-fold. Upper limb bracing was used in 58% of falls, but rather than protective, bracing was associated with an increased odds for injury, possibly because it occurred more often in the demanding scenario of forward landings.
conclusionsthe risk for injury during falls in long-term care was reduced by rotation during descent, but not by upper limb bracing. Our results expand our understanding of human postural responses to falls, and point towards novel strategies to prevent fall-related injuries.
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