Obesity Increases Fall Rate Following a Laboratory-Induced Trip

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• Personal Author:
  Garman CR ; Madigan ML ; Nussbaum MA
• Description:
  Tripping accounts for an estimated 53% of falls among adults aged 65 and older. A common strategy to prevent a fall after tripping is to step to extend the base of support anteriorly, and thereby provide vertical and posterior ground reaction forces that can help arrest the forward momentum of the trunk. As such, stepping characteristics and trunk kinematics are critically important during trip recovery. Obese adults exhibit a higher rate of falls than those who are normal-weight, but the reason for this higher rate is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate: 1) obesity- and age-related differences in trip recovery, and 2) differences between successful and failed recoveries. Dependent variables included measures of fall rate, stepping characteristics, and trunk kinematics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Age Factors Biomechanical Phenomena Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Biomechanics BMI Body Mass Index Injury Prevention Obesity Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Weight Factors
• Publisher:
  American Society of Biomechanics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  65-66
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052327
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 5-8, 2015, Columbus, Ohio. Newark, DE: American Society of Biomechanics, 2015 Aug; :65-66
• Email:
  rossic@vt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 5-8, 2015, Columbus, Ohio
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e567411c264e050ec55a2032bb27b27946874117fc2d34a08f5cef6b4f8235c5f4d2693f122e2db7d394d9f79f005ede4bc25b487d7c916cf2ac427fd1e84e7f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211871/cdc_211871_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 183.10 KB ]