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:: Reuters Health: Emotional Stress May Raise Older Adults' Fall Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While physical frailty puts elderly adults at risk of falls and bone fractures, emotional distress can be the immediate trigger of some of those accidents, new research suggests...
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:: Oct. 2008 -- Courtney Haynes won the ADA Access Honor Roll Award
The ADA Access Honor Roll Award Program is jointly sponsored by
Human Resources, University ADA Services, Services for Students with Disabilities, Office
for Equity and Inclusion, Staff Senate, Assistive Technologies, and SW VA Assistive
Technology System. Congratulations Courtney!!!
:: ABC News: Prevent Falls for the Elderly
Every 35 minutes, an older person dies because of a fall...
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:: Oct. 2008 -- Prakriti Parajat won the 2008 HFES IETG Best Student Paper Award
The 2008 HFES IETG Student Paper Competition was awarded to Prakriti
Parijat for her paper Knee Joint Kinetics During Reactive Recovery: Effects of Localized Muscle Fatigue.Her co-authors were Jian Liu and Dr. Thurmon Lockhart. Congratulations Prakriti!!!
:: Sep. 2008 -- Dr. Thurmon Lockhart named Editor-in-Chief of The Open Occupational Health & Safety Journal
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