Fall-related accidents account for more than 800,000 injuries and 13,000 fatalities a year in North Americain. And also it is estimated that one-third of all persons 60 years old and older suffer falls each year. The Balance and posture are affected b...
Fall-related accidents account for more than 800,000 injuries and 13,000 fatalities a year in North Americain. And also it is estimated that one-third of all persons 60 years old and older suffer falls each year. The Balance and posture are affected by vision, vestibular system and somatosensory system(proprioception). Three influences related to the older population's risk of falling are normal aging progress, pathology that increases with age and environmental conditions. In this study, to understand the effect of various environmental conditions on kinetic characteristics of initiation of gait and standing posture, vertical ground reaction forces(VGRF), center of pressurc(COP), postural analysis and psychologic index were evaluated in 20 men with no history of neuromusculoskeletal abnormality.
The results are
1) VGRF according to various environmental conditions are not significant change.
2) Temporal analysis of IOG according to carpet and wood floor are significantly slowed in wooden floor.
3) Temporal analysis of IOG with or without shoes are not significnat change.
4) The effects of illumination to balance increased maximal oscillation by decreased of illumination