The Technology for Injury Prevention in Seniors (TIPS) program at Simon Fraser University partnered with two long-term care facilities in the Vancouver area to study real-life falls. They’re using this falling data to design new preventions such as compliant flooring and hip protectors that can help alleviate fall-related injuries.
According to principal investigator Stephen Robinovitch, falls are the number one reason older people enter long-term care facilities. But thanks to CFI funding, TIPS has infrastructure to recreate falls in a lab environment. Here, researchers not only study the impact of falls more closely, but can also test prototypes as they develop them.
How to prevent falls
Canada Foundation for Innovation / Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation
1:59
2017-01-17 01:46
682
4
0