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In recent decades, injury has begun to gain prominence as a public health and societal problem. Slipperiness and slip, trip, and fall (STF) injuries are among the greatest obstacles to reducing the injury burden. One of the biggest challenges in STF is defining and measuring slipperiness. After over half a century of serious research on what slipperiness is and how it can be measured, rapid progress has been made in the decade of the 90s.
Measuring Slipperiness: Human Locomotion and Surface Factors provides an overview of basic concepts and definitions of terms related to the 'measurement of slipperiness' from the onset of a foot slide to a gradual loss of balance and a fall. The book includes expert group perspectives on human-centered (biomechanical, locomotive, perceptual, and cognitive), and surface-centered (roughness, friction) aspects and approaches. It addresses the injury burden of slipperiness, globally reviews existing slipmeters, and summarizes areas of consensus in the field of slipperiness measurement.
Perhaps the most comprehensive treatment of the subject ever compiled, the book contains contributions from North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania including the National Laboratories of Finland, France, the U.K., and the U.S. A valuable, state-of-the-art textbook, it provides students with a useful starting point for understanding the many aspects of STF.
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About the Author
Theodore K. Courtney and Wem-Ruey Chang are both at Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health in the USA,Raoul Gronqvist is with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Finland and Mark S. Redfern with the Departments of Otolaryngology and Bioengineering in USA.
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- PublisherCRC Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0415298288
- ISBN 13 9780415298285
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages194
- EditorChang Wen-Ruey, Courtney Theodore K., Grongvist Raoul, Redfern Mark
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