An Integrated Approach Towards Identifying Age-Related Mechanisms of Slip Initiated Falls

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• Personal Author:
  Lockhart TE
• Description:
  The causes of slip and fall accidents, both in terms of extrinsic and intrinsic factors and their associations are not yet fully understood. Successful intervention solutions for reducing slip and fall accidents require a more complete understanding of the mechanisms involved. Before effective fall prevention strategies can be put into practice, it is central to examine the chain of events in an accident, comprising the exposure to hazards, initiation of events and the final outcome leading to injury and disability. These events can be effectively identified and analyzed by applying epidemiological, psychophysical, biomechanical and tribological research principles and methodologies. In this manuscript, various methods available to examine fall accidents and their underlying mechanisms are presented to provide a comprehensive array of information to help pinpoint the needs and requirements of new interventions aimed at reducing the risk of falls among the growing elderly population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Aging Biomechanical Phenomena Ergonomics Laboratories Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Age-factors Age-groups Biomechanics Floors Human-factors-engineering Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Laboratory-testing Musculoskeletal-system Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Surface-properties Walking-surfaces

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• ISSN:
  1050-6411
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  205-217
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033989
• Citation:
  J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2008 Apr; 18(2):205-217
• Contact Point Address:
  Locomotion Research Laboratory, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
• Email:
  lockhart@vt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:addc80610290301e1bd2ee11ecbf8e116568450665fbe72b49aabf9767d0c86272ff6269b4ec53663726af338187681b53251aee4203a895b8545297bbbf36fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189381/cdc_189381_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 957.28 KB ]