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Disturbance type and gait speed affect fall direction and impact location
- Source :
- Journal of Biomechanics. 34:309-317
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2001.
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Abstract
- Since falling to the side and impacting on or near the hip increase hip fracture risk, we examined the fall direction and pelvis impact location resulting from four disturbances (faint, slip, step down, trip) at three gait speeds (fast, normal, slow) in 14 young adults instructed not to attempt recovery. We hypothesized that certain disturbances such as faints and slips and slow walking speed were more likely to result in an impact on the hip. For each trial, the fall direction, impact location and pelvis impact velocity were measured. The results showed that both disturbance type and gait speed significantly affected fall direction and impact location (analysis of covariance with repeated measures, p< or =0.0001) with a significant interaction (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Standard deviation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Postural Balance
Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Femur
Gait
Slipping
Pelvis
Simulation
Hip fracture
business.industry
Rehabilitation
Repeated measures design
medicine.disease
body regions
Preferred walking speed
medicine.anatomical_structure
Accidental Falls
Female
Hip Joint
business
human activities
Hip Injuries
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00219290
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Biomechanics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....137b7a54ebbbe13dd3c22c304983e1ea