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Vol.1, No.2, 47-52 (2012) Advances in Aging Research /10.4236/aar.2012.12006 Development of a fall prevention protocol for replication in a virtual environment Beth Ann Walker1*, Lesa L. Huber2 1School of Occupational Therapy, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, USA; * Corresponding Author: walkerba@ 2School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; lehuber@ Received 4 July 2012; revised 8 August 2012; accepted 16 August 2012 ABSTRACT do not report falls, fearing institutionalization and loss of personal autonomy based on their actual rate of falling. Several effective fall prevention exercise pro- As a result, many frail older adults, particularly those that grams address the problem of falls. The primary live alone, risk falling and not being able to summon help. challenge is not to develop effective programs, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- but to find ways to motivate older people to be- vention (CDC), approximately one-third of older adults, gin and maintain these programs while deliver- aged 65 and older, fall each year [1-3]. It is also esti- ing these programs to as many older adults as mated that twenty to thirty percent of those individuals possible. This short-term pilot study collected that fall suffer from moderate to severe injuries that greatly preliminary data on the design and testing of a