UC study looks to develop a smartphone app to prevent falls

By Georgina Connery
Updated March 8 2017 - 1:14pm, first published February 24 2017 - 9:45am
University PhD candidate Hafsa Ismail is investigating an alternative method using inexpensive video equipment to produce a new walk assessment tool that could prevent falls. Photo: Georgina Connery
University PhD candidate Hafsa Ismail is investigating an alternative method using inexpensive video equipment to produce a new walk assessment tool that could prevent falls. Photo: Georgina Connery
Video footage and data from the expensive force plate is collated and analysed. Photo: Georgina Connery
Video footage and data from the expensive force plate is collated and analysed. Photo: Georgina Connery
University PhD candidate Hafsa Ismail is investigating an alternative method using inexpensive video equipment to produce a new walk assessment tool that could prevent falls. Photo: Georgina Connery
University PhD candidate Hafsa Ismail is investigating an alternative method using inexpensive video equipment to produce a new walk assessment tool that could prevent falls. Photo: Georgina Connery

Tens of thousands of elderly Australians are hospitalised each year for fall-related injuries but a new University of Canberra PhD study hopes to put prevention in the palm of people's hands.

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