Detecting Balance Impairments Early Could Prevent Life-Threatening Falls

Detecting balance impairments early could prevent life-threatening falls

As we get older, our bodies stop performing as they once did. We aren't as strong as we once were, we don't see as well as we used to and we start becoming less mobile.

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Early testing could make risky falls a thing of the past for elderly people

As we get older, our bodies stop performing as they once did. We aren't as strong as we once were, we don't see as well as we used to and we start becoming less mobile. These changes inevitably lead to almost one‑third of people over the age of 65 falling each year, resulting in injuries and occasionally death.

While falls are one of the causes of loss of autonomy among seniors, American researchers believe that a walking test could help identify those most at risk.

Experts from Stanford University (USA) publish in Journal of Experimental Biology how to record the small details of a person's way of walking throughout his or her adult life could identify whether he or she is at risk of a life-threatening fall in the future.As we age, our bodies cease to function as before. We are no longer as strong as before, we don't see as well as before, and we begin to lose mobility.These changes inevitably cause nearly…

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