Older people will be alerted to the increased risk of falls thanks to a new smart sock created by electronic textiles (e-textiles) experts at Nottingham Trent University. Topics.

The Fall Prevention AI platform analyses data logged by carers through a smartphone app to assess a patient’s fall risk.

The average fall rate at the hospital, ahead of the study, was four falls per 1,000 patient days. The wireless socks have built-in pressure sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up ...

During a fall collection preview on Friday, Trish Wescoat Pound was mid-style out walking around TWP’s SoHo office in socks, no shoes. Cut to Monday at The Bowery Hotel, where models walked her ...

Research has found that a new wireless sock monitoring system reduced fall rates among 'fall-risk' patients hospitalized at Ohio State's Brain and Spine Hospital.

Each year, one out of every four Americans 65 years of age and older falls, leading to millions of emergency room visits and 1 million fall-related hospitalizations ...

A review that examined fall risk assessment tools for hospitalized older adults was somewhat inconclusive. Because of data limitations in the studies assessed, it was not clear which tools work best.

Nearly 50 million prescriptions for gabapentin were written in 2020, but by 2022 those scripts had fallen by 20% after several studies found that the drug might increase fall risk for seniors.

The Fall Prevention AI platform analyses data logged by carers through a smartphone app to assess a patient’s fall risk. Currently in use across 29 of the UK’s 42 integrated care systems, the ...