Tag Archives: falls

Bringing the dance studio home can improve balance and reduce the danger of falls in older women

Exercise can assist reduce the danger of falls – a principal reason behind Injuries in older adults – but only 4 percent of older Canadian women complete half-hour of physical activity every day. As a PhD student in Health and Exercise Sciences at Concordia University, I’m fascinated with developing fun and accessible balance training programs […]

Wearables and machine learning predict Parkinson’s patients’ risk of falls over five years

In a recent study published in a research team from the University of Oxford examined how temporary wearable sensor data assessments combined with machine learning models can predict the danger of falls in individuals with Parkinson’s disease for as much as five years. The aim of the research was to supply a reliable, objective method […]