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Abstract:
Recognition of the issues in aging society is on the rise globally. The aged, unlike the person in the younger age, needs to be more careful in their everyday life or activities because they require more time in recovering or easily become unrecoverable from the injury, when injured, such as fracture. The facilities in our society shall be changed to accommodate the social activities of the aged which is on the rise. And the guideline of the facilities in a bid to prevent the injury by the aged shall be provided, and particularly the facilities designed to protect the aged from falling accident which the aged has suffered more shall be provided. The major cause of falling accident is deteriorated ability to make them balanced. To prevent the injury to the aged, it�s necessary to diagnose the balancing ability and identify the relevant characteristics. In this study, the result obtained from the analysis of balancing-related variables measured with the aged is suggested, which is expected to make commitment to improving the pedestrian facilities for the aged as well as establishing the guideline for the facilities.
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