In older adults (over 65 years of age), ________% of falls result in moderate to serious fall-related injuries.

10 – 20

20 – 30

30 – 40

Strength, balance, and __________ play a critical role in whether one can arrest from a fall.

Explosive power

Agility

Reacting quickly

The initiation and process of losing one’s balance is considered_________.

Falling

Tripping

Slipping

A well rounded fall prevention program addresses all of the following except __________for an older individual.

Lower-limb strength

Upper-limb strength

Trunk control

When a person unexpectedly trips, the perturbation causes the forward motion of their legs to be halted, increasing _________ for both the stance and recovery limbs.

Stride duration

Stride length

Stride rate

In the process of a trip, as the magnitude of an older person’s forward lean increases, their ability to recover using a single step ______.

Increases

Decreases

Remains unchanged

A successful fall arrest requires the support limb to generate enough force through the ankle plantar flexors and _________ to increase recovery limb swing phase time while simultaneously reducing the angular momentum of the center of mass.

Knee extensors

Hip extensors

Hip flexors

In a fall prevention program, clients should be cued to visually focus on ___________ while performing single-leg stance and single-leg hip hinge exercises.

A fixed object

A moving object

Their movements in a mirror

The _______ exercise should be considered a task-specific movement that can closely mimic a successful fall arrest using a single step to recover.

Single-leg stance

Step-forward lunge

Split squat

The hip-hinge sliding back lunge can be progressed by adding ___________ in the recovery position.

A plyometric

A greater stride length

An isometric hold