Sternum drop during trip recovery differs between the laboratory and real world - An exploratory pilot study.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this exploratory study was to compare sternum drop-the decrease in sternum height during an attempt to recover balance after tripping-between lab-induced trips and naturally occurring real-world trips. Twenty community-dwelling adults 71.8 (4.6) years old used three inertial measurement units (IMUs) and a wrist-worn voice recorder daily for three weeks to capture sternum drop during any naturally-occurring real-world trips. Participants then completed a single laboratory testing session during which they were intentionally exposed to two lab-induced trips while wearing the same IMUs to also evaluate sternum drop. All real-world trips resulted in recoveries while only 12 of the 22 lab-induced trips resulted in recoveries (the remaining 10 were falls). When including all lab-indu

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12270113 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature