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¹aAssistive Healthcare Information Technology Group, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria bVienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria cNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

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New technologies offer objective fall risk assessments for older adults. These low-cost, portable sensors can identify individuals at high risk, enabling targeted falls prevention programs.

Area of Science:

Gerontology
Biomedical Engineering
Rehabilitation Science

Background:

Accidental falls are a primary cause of injury-related death and hospitalization in older adults.
Over one-third of older adults experience at least one fall annually.
Limited healthcare resources hinder large-scale, regular objective fall risk assessments in the community.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the need for new fall prediction methods.
To identify and monitor older adults at high risk of falling.
To facilitate participation in falls prevention programs.

Main Methods:

Utilizing technological advances for cost-effective quantification of physical fall risk.
Employing sensor-based assessments in clinical settings and older adults' homes.

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Main Results:

Sensor-based fall risk assessments can effectively discriminate between individuals who fall and those who do not.
Studies demonstrate the utility of these technologies in identifying fall risk.
Low-cost, portable, and objective instruments are being used in recent research.

Conclusions:

Recent research highlights the potential of low-cost, portable, objective instruments for fall risk assessment in older adults.
These technologies promise accurate and unobtrusive fall risk assessment in both clinical and daily life settings.
Future applications hold significant promise for falls prevention strategies.