Every winter, no matter what the industry is or how the work conditions are, slips, trips and falls consistently remains the top cause of workplace injuries and accidents. These are injuries and ...

Over the past decade, businesses and regulators have focused more on preventing fatal workplace falls. Unfortunately, falls continue to occur at an alarming rate. Falls are one of the leading causes ...

Falls are a significant public health problem. While people can fall at any age, older age is a key risk factor for falls (WHO, 2021). Several studies suggest that people with disabilities are at an ...

Fall prevention is one area of occupational safety and health that can be varied and complicated but has many options for protecting workers (fall protection). In May 2022, Federal OSHA and several ...

Falls are a serious issue among Hong Kong's elderly. Approximately one in five community-dwelling elderly aged 65 or above ...

Falls represent a major cause of injury and loss of independence in older adults. Recent advances in balance training have focussed on perturbation‐based methods that challenge the neuromuscular ...

An online program to prevent falls in older adults who rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility significantly reduced their concerns about falling, according to preliminary results presented this ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every year in the U.S., falls among older adults cost up to $67.7 billion. That CDC projection refers to the total cost of hospitalizations, surgery, doctor visits, long-term ...

Different fractionation schedules of radiotherapy to the primary tumor in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (Hypo-M1). Background: Many prostate cancer survivors are treated with androgen ...