Study on Risk Intervention, Identification and Warning Techniques for Preventing Fall Injuries in the Elderly

Fall injuries have become a major threat to the health and safety of elderly people. Domestic and international studies are increasingly carried out on fall injuries suffered by the elderly. Balance scales, assessment & warning methods and tools are applied in studying falls of the elderly. In particular, devices like dynamic balance instruments, 3D force plates and surface electromyography instruments are used to capture the activity of elderly people and analyze their ability to maintain a dynamic balance. These techniques play an important role in effectively monitoring and assessing the situations of falls in the elderly. This paper sorts up current studies by scholars on falls of the elderly and analyzes the progress in this area from the angles of kinetics and biology. It particularly focuses on analysis of fall intervention using mechanical devices, supportive training services for intervening fall injuries suffered by the elderly, construction of fall injury models, and suggestions for intervening fall injuries at home. This paper finally puts forward some prospects for the study in this area.