Eichhorn, Anita and Aigner-Breuss, Eva (2017) How to Strengthen Non-Motorised Mobility of Elderly People? An Evidence-based Manual for the Set-up of Fall Prevention Programmes in Communities. REAL CORP 2017 – PANTA RHEI – A World in Constant Motion. Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society. pp. 237-243. ISSN 2521-3938
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Abstract
In the course of life, mobility behaviour and needs change and have to be adapted. With growing age, muscle mass reduces continuously. If this natural degradation process is not countered, the risk of falls and getting injured increases. Once a person has experienced a fall, the fear of falling again is likely to evolve. As a consequence, physical activity is associated with feelings of insecurity and is therefore avoided (post-fallsyndrome). Within the age group 55 years and older, almost a quarter of occurring falls in Austria happen in traffic (KFV, 2016). Thus, motivity and health are key prerequisites for a safe, independent and injury-free mobility. In order to tackle this topic, the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) developed the project “Pimp your Skills”1 (Eichhorn et al., 2016), which focused on strengthening non-motorised mobility of elderly people and, particularly, on fall prevention. As a result, a manual on setting up an effective fall prevention programme for adults is now available.#
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | balance and strength, fall prevention, non-motorised mobility, elderly, effective intervention |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications |
| Depositing User: | Maria Molnár |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2017 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2017 14:23 |
| URI: | http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/349 |
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