Interactions during falls with environmental objects: evidence from real-life falls in long-term care captured on video
Most falls in long-term care involved contacts with objects other than the ground, indicating that complex environments often accompany falls in long-term care. Higher probabilities of intentional hand contacts in forward falls, versus unintentional head and torso impacts in backward and sideways falls may reflect the influence of being able to visualize and adjust one's falling patterns to nearby objects.
Authors
- Daniel S. Marigold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6610-9058)
- Stephen N. Robinovitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-6227)
- Nataliya Shishov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-1019)
- Vicki Komisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-1796)
- Jean‐Sébastien Blouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-4051)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05306-5
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.87
Funders
- AGE-WELL
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Simon Fraser University
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research