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Foster, R.J., Hotchkiss, J., Buckley, J.G. and Elliott, D.B., 2014. Safety on stairs: influence of a tread edge highlighter and its position. Experimental Gerontology, 55. ISSN 0531-5565
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2014.04.009
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Falls sustained when descending stairs are the leading cause of accidental death in older adults. Highly visible edge highlighters/friction strips (often set back from the tread edge) are sometimes used to improve stair safety, but there is no evidence for the usefulness of either.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Experimental Gerontology | ||||
| Creators: | Foster, R.J., Hotchkiss, J., Buckley, J.G. and Elliott, D.B. | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
| Date: | 2014 | ||||
| Volume: | 55 | ||||
| ISSN: | 0531-5565 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:28 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2016 09:10 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13456 |
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