Skip to main content
Skip to and open main menu Home Modification Resources
Provided by the HMinfo Clearinghouse
Translating high quality research specific to better design and building practice
Translating high quality research specific to better design and building practice
News/Events Section Menu

Preventing Stairway Falls for Older Adults - research highlighted on InformeDesign

Published

InformeDesign.org has published condensed research findings from a study into whether adding light and/or an auditory signal to a stairway altered older adults walking patterns, thereby decreasing the likelihood of falling. The full article was published in 2009 via the journal of Applied Ergonmics (Elsevier).

Click here to read the article on InformeDesign, or access the full research article via Elsevier here/ DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.012.

Author(s): B. J. Kim, Department of Engineering, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Article Title: Prevention of Falls During Stairway Descent in Older Adults

Publisher: Elsevier

Publication: Applied Ergonomics

Publication Type: Refereed Journal

Date of Publication: 2009

ISSN: 0003-6870

Volume: 40

Issue: 3

Pages: 348-352

 


Reads 425 Downloads -