The Flooring for Injury Prevention (FLIP) Study of compliant flooring for the prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: A randomized trial

BACKGROUND: Fall-related injuries exert an enormous health burden on older adults in long-term care (LTC). Softer landing surfaces, such as those provided by low-stiffness “compliant” flooring, may prevent fall-related injuries by decreasing the forces applied to the body during fall impact. Our pri...

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Autores principales: Mackey, Dawn C., Lachance, Chantelle C., Wang, Peiwei T., Feldman, Fabio, Laing, Andrew C., Leung, Pet M., Hu, X. Joan, Robinovitch, Stephen N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31233541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002843

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31233541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002843

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