Strategies to Reduce Fall Severity After a Perturbation During Ladder Climbing.

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• Alternative Title:
  IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2025, v. 13, no. 4: Strategies to Reduce Fall Severity After a Perturbation During Ladder Climbing.
• Journal Article:
  IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
• Personal Author:
  Pliner, Erika M. ; Beschorner, Kurt E. ; Jin Seo, Na
• Description:
  OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSFalls from ladders remain a significant cause of injuries in workplaces as well as residential settings. While recent research reveals factors related to fall severity from a ladder, strategies that workers can adopt to minimize fall severity are not well understood. Results from our current study indicated that increased upper limb strength, achieving a higher hand hold, and controlled reestablishment of the foot on the rung have summative benefits to reduce fall severity and increase recovery from a misstep perturbation. Ensuring adequate upper limb strength among workers, and training workers to climb ladders leading with hand placement during ascent and foot placement during descent, can facilitate these beneficial strategies to arrest a ladder fall.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Accidental Falls
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Stair Climbing
  • Female
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Muscle Strength
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Hand Strength
  More +
• Keywords:
  • ladder fall
  • biomechanics
  • hand
  • upper limb
  • strength
  • foot slip
  • perturbation
• Source:
  IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2025, v. 13, no. 4
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/24725838.2024.2420722
• ISSN:
  2472-5838 ; 2472-5846
• Pubmed ID:
  39508262
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12056126
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R01 OH011799/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R21 OH010038/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  229-237 (17 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261936/cdc_261936_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 650.42 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:40052de8973e30ee92514126e86899fd2db1d4aaf36756f5ca04a5cbeeaca010f8b470e150cdd2b0958cce2d5dfea32253275d3af8c70e4e1e1f4242833af355