Ageing, falls and balance recovery

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/536508

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A reduced capacity to recover balance following an imbalance episode contributes to the high incidence of falls in older adults. The goal of the present study is to determine how age-related differences in lower extremity neuromuscular and biomechanical properties are related to balance recovery capacity and falls incidence. A detailed understanding of this relationship is necessary for the development of efficacious exercise-based interventions for the prevention of falls.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $596,886.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

accidental falls among older people | balance | dynamic process modelling | fall risk factors | falls in the elderly | motor control | muscle mechanics | muscle tendon | muscular strength degeneration with ageing | sarcopenia

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