Smart Flooring Solutions for Fall Protection

老年人跌倒会对个人的短期和长期健康产生深远的影响。软化地板可能会提供保护，但会影响地板的感知方式，从而影响平衡。了解这一妥协对于提供有效的地板解决方案至关重要。这个项目将研究老年人和新型地板之间的相互作用，这些地板既可以防止摔倒，也可以限制摔倒时的后果。学生课程将包括物理实验，调查地板对静态平衡的影响。还将进行实验，以了解地板是如何影响运动的，以及它是否会增加例如绊倒的机会。这个博士学位将提供令人兴奋的生物医学工程和工程材料的结合。它将被整合到更广泛的项目中，其中将包括地板结构的设计及其智能功能。博士生的贡献将包括对地板特性的初步分析，以及在萨里大学的人体运动实验室进行的测试。因此，这位博士生将为整个项目团队提供至关重要的见解。

Falls in older people can have a profound impact on an individual's short and long-term health. Softening the floor may provide protection but impacts the way that the floor is sensed and, as a result, affects balance. Understanding this compromise is crucial in providing effective flooring solutions. This project will look at the interactions between olderindividuals and novel flooring designed both to prevent falls and limit the consequences of falls when they happen. The studentship will include physical experiments investigating the flooring's impact on static balance. Experiments will also be performed to understand how the flooring affects movement and whether it increases the chances of, for example, tripping.This PhD will provide an exciting combination of biomedical engineering and engineering materials. It will be integrated into wider project that will include the design of the floor's structure and its smart capabilities. The PhD's contribution will include initial analysis of the floorings properties as well as its testing in the University of Surrey's human movement laboratory.Consequently, the PhD student will be providing crucial insight for the whole project team.