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Smartphone app could help prevent falls in older adults
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Smartphone app could help prevent falls in older adults

by Binghamton University Weekly workout programs and example exercise instruction set with images as displayed to participants in the smartphone-based intervention group. Credit: Sensors (2023). DOI: 10.3390/s23177451Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York’s Motion Analysis Research Laboratory have developed an app to help study and prevent falls in older adults. Their research is published...

How to fall safely if you’re over 65
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How to fall safely if you’re over 65

Martial arts instructors are teaching the over-65s how to avoid serious injuries if they take a tumble Hattie Garlick One third of people aged 65 and over will fall at least once a year. For those over 80, that proportion rises to 50 per cent Dr Katrina McDonald is on a mission to bring the...

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Three COVID Scenarios That Could Spell Trouble for the Fall

Marcia Frellick October 07, 2022 As the United States enters a third fall with COVID-19, the virus for many is seemingly gone — or at least out of mind. But for those keeping watch, it is far from forgotten as deaths and infections continue to mount at a lower but steady pace. What does that mean for the...