Open AccessPorównanie wybranych parametrów biomechanicznych osób po upadku oraz osób, które nie uległy upadkowi
Author(s) -
Tomasz Tokarski,
Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bezpieczeństwo pracy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0137-7043
DOI - 10.54215/bp.2021.9.2
Subject(s) - falling (accident) , balance (ability) , gerontology , older people , physical medicine and rehabilitation , demography , theology , psychology , muscle strength , physical therapy , medicine , sociology , environmental health , philosophy
Falling out of balance is a very common cause of accidents at work. Older workers are particularly affected by this problem. It turns out that each year nearly 1/3 of people over 65 experience a fall. Particularly vulnerable are, inter alia, people with impaired physical parameters. These unfavourable changes occur along with the progressive aging process and as a result of damage to the locomotor system. Thus, the frequency of falls increases with age, and the effects on health become more severe. The article describes research on people in the 60-67 age group. Their aim was: firstly – to compare selected biomechanical parameters (i.e. parameters of walking, eye-hand coordination, muscle strength and the ability to maintain balance) of people after a fall and people who did not fall, and secondly – to indicate those parameters that may have an influence on a greater tendency to fall. Meanwhile, the differences between the parameters obtained for both studied groups turned out to be small and statistically insignificant.