As age increases, the risk of falling also does. When faced with balance challenges, the muscular and neurological responses allow for correcting balance. These responses differ when a person expects or does not expect to slip or trip.
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United States (Nationwide)
Jason Franz
Biomedical Engineering - Undergraduate
Clinical or Medical
Observational
Aging
Bones, Joints, Muscles
Healthy Volunteer or General Population
Injury/Injury Prevention
21-2241
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