Optimizing successful balance recovery from unexpected trips and slips

Approximately one in three people over 65 years of age fall each year. The resulting physiological and psychological trauma can lead to physical deconditioning, social isolation and early mortality. Recent research has reported balance recovery can be trained in a single session resulting in dramati...

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Main Authors: Matthew A BRODIE, Yoshiro OKUBO, Daina L STURNIEKS, Stephen R LORD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jbse/13/4/13_17-00558/_pdf/-char/en