Safe Fall: Use of Predictive Modeling and Machine Vision Techniques for Fall Analysis and Fall Quality
framework, integrating a judo-inspired educational programme with an occlusion-robust computer vision pipeline to quantify safe falling strategies. We analysed video recordings of 285 schoolchildren using a multi-stage architecture combining YOLOv8 for detection, SAM 2 for segmentation, and MMPose for skeletal tracking. The intervention yielded significant improvements in 60% of kinematic metrics (p<0.05), most notably a +61.4% increase in descent rate and expanded rolling ranges, indicating a shift from hazardous "freezing" behaviours to controlled energy dissipation. Unsupervised clustering confirmed a migration of students towards safe motor profiles, while a Random Forest classifier achieved an accuracy of 98.3% and an AUC of 0.998 in distinguishing fall quality. These findings demonstrate that integrating pedagogical training with automated vision modelling provides a scalable and evidence-based approach for reducing injury risk in real-world school environments.
Authors
- Carolina Castañeda Vázquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-507X)
- Óscar Andrés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-1097)
- K. Morvay-Sey
- R. Fernandez-Garcia
- E. Genovesi
- Goran Kuvačić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5302-7192)
- Juan Carlos Pastor Vicedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-6542)
- M. C. Campos-Mesa
- M A Lira
- R. Sánchez-Reolid
- S. Krstulović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9340-5004)
Institutions
- University of Milan (IT)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Castilla-La Mancha (ES)
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- University of Pecs (HU)
- University of Split (HR)
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s26082491
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00