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Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety

BACKGROUND: Compliant flooring, broadly defined as flooring systems or floor coverings with some level of shock absorbency, may reduce the incidence and severity of fall-related injuries in older adults; however, a lack of synthesized evidence may be limiting widespread uptake. METHODS: Informed by...

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Autores principales: Lachance, Chantelle C., Jurkowski, Michal P., Dymarz, Ania C., Robinovitch, Stephen N., Feldman, Fabio, Laing, Andrew C., Mackey, Dawn C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5293217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171652