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. 2014 Jul 18;14(7):12900–12936. doi: 10.3390/s140712900

Table 3.

Simulated fall protocols.

Reference Backward fall (BW) BW (impact on back) BW (end up sitting) BW (end up lying) BW (end up lying left/right) BW (impact on hip) BW (round back, knee flexion) BW (attempt to get up) BW (knee flexion) BW (legs straight) Collapse into bed Fall Fall against wall Fall end up sitting Fall from chair Fall from bed Fall on stairs Fall left (impact on hands and elbows) Fall to left (impact on hip) Fall right (impact on hands and elbows) Fall right (impact on hip) Fall with recovery (then walking) Fall with recovery (then standing) Forward fall (FW) FW knee flexion FW (impact on hands and elbows) FW (impact on knee) FW on knee FW end up lying FW (attempt to get up) FW (attempt to break fall) FW (knee flexion) FW (legs straight) Lateral fall Fall left Falls left (knee flexion) Falls left (legs straight) Fall right Falls right (knee flexion) Falls right (legs straight) Slip Syncope Trip
[55] •
[75] • • • • •
[84] • • • • •
[52] • • • •
[106] •
[69] • • • • • •
[105] • •
[79] • • • •
[49] •
[70] • • • • • • • •
[93] • • • •
[53] • • • •
[50] • • • • •
[98] • • •
[101] • • • •
[76] • • • • • • • • • • • • •
[66] •
[46] • • • • • • • •
[67] • • • • • • • •
[48] • • •
[83] • • • •
[85] • • • •
[92] •
[80] •
[102] • • •
[77] • • • •
[68] • • • • • •
[104] •
[71] • • • • • •
[86] • •
[89] • • • • • • • •
[88] • • • • • • • •
[78] • • • •
[41] •
[81] • • • • • • • •
[103] • • • •
[107] • • • • • • • •
[99] •
[90] • • • •
[82] • • •
[38] • • • •
[35] • • •
[73] • •
[96] • • • •
[32] • • •