New Tech Helps Prevent Falls
New Tech Helps Prevent Falls
As we get older, our balance gets worse.
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" Tech researchers -- making strides in preventing all in the elderly people who are --"
" And who walked their -- no matter isn't a lot of heat for example -- stimulated by the PC state."
" Walking along a track that can trip her unexpected. Yeah the movement to measure can relay back to the computer. She -- the actual center which can ultimately be wanted to -- the vote Hillary about her ankle. Lockhart and the team a professor who developed it to monster -- pinpointing specific indicators that couldn't he's a divider. We're walking characteristics. I wouldn't we can transition characteristics as well as more related information and through -- will be used to calculate the risk of fall. And ultimately could help keep it from ever happening."
" By understanding the risk."
" Various type of -- solutions that are out there who -- accidents within two years residents of nursing home we'll put the sensors to the cat's information will be really -- nurses. Distinctions so doctors will know what specific patients need to work on. To help reduce fall accident and application doesn't stop there Lockhart spoke -- is on helping elderly but he hit the -- system can be used by MPT. To actually."
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