Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
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Even though 2/3 of seniors who fall do not sustain any serious injuries, it does not mean that they are safe from psychological consequences which can have a great psychomotor impact. Anxiety when walking and the fear of falling can lead to reducing one's outings for fear of falling once again. This loss of motor habits is detrimental and can entail a sideration of acquired automatisms, leading to a loss of postural adaptation reactions, with a difficulty to maintain an orthostatic position: this is the post-fall syndrome. It combines a motor element and a psychological element. This geriatric emergency calls for prompt care provided by a specialised team in order to avoid the destructive spiral towards the total loss of walking capacities.
