Study: Impact-Absorbing Flooring Helps Prevent Fall Injuries

Researchers in Sweden have found that impact-absorbing flooring can provide measurable benefit in preventing injuries from falls.

The researchers, who say their work is the first "statistically significant" study on this topic, determined that impact-absorbing flooring can reduce injury rates by 59 percent over conventional flooring.

During the study, which took place over the course of two and a half years, the researchers recorded 254 falls on regular flooring and 77 on impact-absorbing flooring. They found that the injury/fall rate was 30.3 percent for falls on regular flooring and 16.9 percent for falls on impact-absorbing flooring. All of the subjects were female residents.

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