Epidemiology of falls.

By T. Masud, R. Morris. Age and Ageing, 2001

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health

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• A Method for Automatic Fall Detection of Elderly People Using Floor Vibrations and Sound—Proof of Concept on Human Mimicking Doll Falls (2009, background): “The proportion of people sustaining at least one fall during 1 year varies from 28% to 35% for the age of 65 and over [ 2 ], while falls often signal the “beginning of the end” of an older person’s life.”
• Smart Health Monitoring Systems: An Overview of Design and Modeling (2013, background): “Incidence rates in hospitals are higher and, in residential care settings, approximately 30–50 % of people fall each year, with 40 % falling recurrently [56].”
• Fear-related avoidance of activities, falls and physical frailty. A prospective community-based cohort study. (2004, result): “5%) reported in our sample are comparable with previous reports [14].”