Age-Related Differences in Head Impact during Experimentally Induced Sideways Falls

Joint Authors

Moon, Yaejin
Wood, Tyler A.
Sun, Ruopeng
Bishnoi, Alka
Sosnoff, Jacob J.

Source

BioMed Research International

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-04-22

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Purpose.

To examine head impact incidence and head acceleration during experimentally induced falls as a function of age.

Methods.

15 young adults (21.2±2.7) and 10 older adults (61.9±4.3 years) underwent 6 experimentally induced sideways falls.

Participants fell sideways onto a 20cm crash pad.

The number of head impacts was tabulated from video recordings and head acceleration was calculated from motion capture data.

A total of 147 falls were analyzed.

Results.

The young group underwent 88 falls, in which 11.4% resulted in head impact.

The older group underwent 59 falls, in which 34.5% resulted in head impact.

A proportion analysis revealed older adults had a significantly greater proportion of head impacts than young adults (X2(1) = 11.445, p = 0.001).

A two-way ANOVA only revealed a main effect of head impact on acceleration (F(1,142) = 54.342, p<0.001).

Conclusion.

The older adults experienced a greater proportion of head impacts during sideways falls.

Head impact resulted in greater head acceleration compared to no head impact.

Collectively, this data highlights the possibility that age-related neuromuscular changes to head control may result in elevated risk of fall-related TBIs.

Future research examining mechanisms underlying increases in fall-related head impact is warranted.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Wood, Tyler A.& Moon, Yaejin& Sun, Ruopeng& Bishnoi, Alka& Sosnoff, Jacob J.. 2019. Age-Related Differences in Head Impact during Experimentally Induced Sideways Falls. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126944

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Wood, Tyler A.…[et al.]. Age-Related Differences in Head Impact during Experimentally Induced Sideways Falls. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126944

American Medical Association (AMA)

Wood, Tyler A.& Moon, Yaejin& Sun, Ruopeng& Bishnoi, Alka& Sosnoff, Jacob J.. Age-Related Differences in Head Impact during Experimentally Induced Sideways Falls. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126944

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1126944