{"id":24193,"date":"2014-08-29T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T01:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24193"},"modified":"2025-01-18T04:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T09:46:34","slug":"tripping-on-treadmills-scientists-make-seniors-slip-in-lab-to-see-if-it-can-stop-future-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/29\/tripping-on-treadmills-scientists-make-seniors-slip-in-lab-to-see-if-it-can-stop-future-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripping on treadmills? Scientists make seniors slip in lab to see if it can stop future falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/shutterstock_177672917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24194\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/shutterstock_177672917.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_177672917\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/shutterstock_177672917.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/shutterstock_177672917-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO\u2014Researchers are tripping seniors on purpose, and it\u2019s not some kind of warped practical joke.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to prevent falls, which are the leading cause of injury in older adults and cost  billion yearly to treat.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Conventional efforts include strengthening exercises.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cleocin online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> But University of Illinois in Chicago researchers are testing a different approach.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/drlauryn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> They started with a lab-built walkway that causes people to trip, as if stepping on a banana peel. Their research suggests that helped build seniors\u2019 subconscious memory, teaching them how not to fall.<\/p>\n<p>Next they\u2019ll try computerized \u201ctripping\u201d treadmills that might someday be used in doctors\u2019 offices and clinics for fall prevention.<\/p>\n<p>UIC professor Clive Pai (\u2018Pye\u2019) calls it a potential \u201cvaccine against falls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO\u2014Researchers are tripping seniors on purpose, and it\u2019s not some kind of warped practical joke. The goal is to prevent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-lindsey-tanner","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285260,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24193\/revisions\/285260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}