Development of intervention strategies for the prevention of fall injuries

• Main Author: Koh, Aik Hong.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39989
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tactile touch, with no mechanical purpose, has long been recognized as a useful form of fall intervention. Moreover, the vestibular apparatus is also an important part of a human body that will affect balance. It can be observed that while efforts to mitigate fall injuries are widely recognized a...