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。软化地板可以提供保护，但会影响地板的感知方式，因此会影响平衡。了解这种折衷对于提供有效的地板解决方案至关重要。该项目将着眼于老年人与新型地板之间的相互作用，这种地板既可以防止跌倒，也可以在跌倒时限制其后果。学生将进行物理实验，研究地板对静平衡的影响。实验还将进行，以了解地板是如何影响运动的，以及它是否增加了绊倒等事件的几率。该博士学位将提供生物医学工程和工程材料的令人兴奋的结合。它将被整合到更广泛的项目中，包括楼层结构和智能功能的设计。博士的贡献将包括对地板特性的初步分析，以及在萨里大学人体运动实验室的测试。因此，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.