Determining Recovery Response to Slips on a Slip Trainer

Determining Recovery Response to Slips on a Slip Trainer

    Presenter(s)

    Stephen Thomas McFadden

    Description

    Common injuries in the elderly population often result from slipping or falling. A slip is a loss of balance which may lead to an injurious fall. To counter these falls, proactive balance training, which focuses on preventing slips from occurring through physical therapy and environmental modifications, has been tried with mixed results. Reactive balance training, which can increase how well an individual can recover once their balance is upset by a disruption, is a novel method to decrease injuries from falls. However, current reactive balance training is conducted in academic environments with highly expensive equipment. While this training has proved productive, a need has arisen for this reactive slip training to be helpful in clinical settings and provided at a reduced cost. This project is centered around work to design, build, and test a low-cost slip trainer to measure the recovery response of individuals in terms of a reactive step.

    Publication Date

    4-18-2018

    Project Designation

    Honors Thesis

    Primary Advisor

    Kim E. Bigelow

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium project

    Determining Recovery Response to Slips on a Slip Trainer

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