Posture Sway and the Transition Rate for a Fall

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1999-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9907311v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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Postural body sway displacements for quiet standing subjects (measured with a new ultrasonic device) are reported. Two of the well known strategies for balancing, namely ankle and hip movements were probed. The data is modeled using a Fokker-Plank-Langevin stochastic theory. Both analytic and computer simulation techniques are employed. The Kramers transition rate for a fall is expressed as a function of experimental parameters. The root mean square velocity is especially important in determining the fall probability.

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