“How do I keep my mother from falling?” or “What should I do? My grandfather’s been falling.”
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that one in five falls causes a serious injury such as a broken bone or head injury. Fear of falling can also seriously affect an aging adult’s quality of life and sadly, can keep a person from being active and thriving. So, many seniors and family caregivers are interested in fall prevention because the risks are so great. And the good news is that although it’s not possible to prevent all falls, it almost always is possible to take actions that will reduce the chance of a bad fall . In other words, learning why older people fall means that you’ll be able to figure out why YOUR older relative is likely to fall — and take steps to help them.
You might be interested in the work of Óscar DelCastillo-Andrés and colleagues at the University of Seville. I met with them last week and we are keen to look further into fear of falling in older people at our lab, the i-dojo: International Judo Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire:
https://www.herts.ac.uk/research/centres/psychology/sports-health-and-exercise/international-judo-research-unit-i-dojo
I have one article about Martial Arts Training to Protect from Fall Down accidents
Chapter Can Martial Arts Training Protect from Fall Down Accidents?
Article Practising martial arts develops balance
Also bone strength and core strength are connected to the issue.
Why people fall down can be explained, but much harder is to prevent it in real life. You have some tools for preventing concequences. Not walking is not a solution.
Hannu Leinonen
Dear Hnnu
I read the mentioned chapter before, I found it useful. according to my project title, Iam looking for intramuscular junction details in aging and also muscle synergy.
thank you for your answer
Zeinab
Mike Callan
Dear Mike
thank you for your recommendation, I try to join the mentioned link and use your team explanations.
Best wishes
Zeinab
Hannu Leinonen thank you for your consideration, I'll use professor Mälkiä's citations in my comming project.
Zeinab
Dear Zeinab,
May those link can help to find your answer quickly
https://betterhealthwhileaging.net/why-aging-adults-fall/
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/what-causes-falls
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