Shoes for seniors go high-tech to prevent falls

You will need one of these since your therapists refuse to allow you to practice fall prevention or get  unstable shoes.  Once again working on compensation rather than recovery. But you really don't think your therapist and doctor will find out about this for 30 years unless you tell them?
http://medcitynews.com/2014/01/shoes-seniors-go-high-tech-prevent-falls/?
Sensors and apps designed for seniors and their caretakers may be able to detect when falls occur, but Dr. Yonatan Manor wanted to take that a step further.
He assembled a team of doctors and engineers to prototype a smart shoe that they think might be able to prevent falls when they’re about to occur.
The so-called B-Shoe is a walking shoe that incorporates pressure sensors, a microprocessor, an algorithm, a motion device and a rechargeable battery. When the sensor and algorithm detect imbalance, they prompt the motion device to perform a backward step to help the wearer regain balance. It operates only when imbalance is detected and is designed for use by seniors or by people who are injured, physically challenged, sick or in post-surgery recovery.
According to the CDC, falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults.
[Image credit: B-Shoe Technologies]

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