Science of falling and injury in older adults – Do all falls lead to death?: Literature Review
W. J. Choi, K. Lim, S. Kim, S. Lee
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AbstractHip fractures are life-threatening injuries in older adults, and more than 95% of cases are due to a fall. Since consequences of hip fractures are debilitating, prevention is important. Development of effective prevention strategies requires sound knowledge on the injury mechanisms during a fall, and research studies to date provide several pieces of information (i.e., risk factors, injury mechanisms) to suggest prevention strategies (i.e., exercise programs, hip protectors, safe landing strategies, and so on). However, the problem doesn’t seem to be solved yet, and fall-death rates in older adults has continuously increased over the past decades, anticipating seven fall deaths every hour by 2030 (CDC, 2017; Burns and Kakara, 2018). This indicates that current intervention strategies are ineffective in fast growing aged population.Keywords: biomechanics, falls, hip fractures, prevention, risk assessment
W. J. Choi, K. Lim, S. Kim, S. Lee (2022). Science of falling and injury in older adults – Do all falls lead to death?: Literature Review. Gerontechnology, 21(s),2-2
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.515.2.sp3