Posture Noise and the Measured Probability to Fall

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2001-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0108281v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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Experimental evidence is presented connecting small fluctuations in the posture of a quiet standing subject and the probability that the subject will have an accidental fall within a time period of one year. The data can be understood on the basis of random velocity fluctuations providing kinetic energy in dynamical posture modes. The kinetic energy can activate a transition over the a potential energy barrier which keeps subjects in a metastable standing mode. The probability for a fall then follows an Arrhenius activation law.

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