A fall is one of the most common events that threaten the independence of older adults. Each year, up to a third of older adults living in the community suffers a fall. About half of all people in nursing homes fall each year. Most falls result in a minor injury of some type, most often bruises and scrapes. However, 10-15% of falls result in a broken bone or other serious injury. These falls can be serious for elderly people and influence their daily life, cause physical problems, emotional trauma, avoid to move and be active. To be able to eliminate the number of falling, avoid the effective way to counteract falls is to improve movement capabilities. This may be achieved by training and rehabilitation programs focused on the process of recovery of the performance. Such research has been provided within the international project SMILING - Self Mobility Improvement in the eLderly by counteractING falls, contract number 215493, where authors participate. The current results in mechatronical and ergonomical design are described.
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