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Designing Fall Prevention That Sticks: Digital Coaching and the Neuromechanics of 'Timber Falls'

A randomized trial of a self-managed balance app and new neuromechanics research are reshaping how we think about preventing falls in older adults — and why some topple backward like felled trees.

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VR Treadmills and Hospital-Stay Rescue: Engineering Out Age-Related Decline

Two new trials ask whether immersive treadmills and tech-enabled hospital protocols can blunt the quiet erosion of strength, balance and independence in later life. The evidence is early — but the design is sharp.