https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/ctu/trials/critical/prefit/intranet/prefit_exercise_forum/?topic=094d434545273e8701453c38b48b309b The latest posts to Clinical Trials Unit » PreFIT Exercise Forum » Definition of a fall en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:45:20 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/ctu/trials/critical/prefit/intranet/prefit_exercise_forum/?post=094d434545273e8701453c38b48d309c <p>If&nbsp;a participant asks you to help them understand what constitutes a fall, please can you refer to the recognised definition:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>“an unexpected event in which the participant comes to rest on the ground, floor or other lower level” (Lamb et al. 2005).</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>They may describe trips or stumbles or near misses where they have managed to save themselves but unless they actually came to land on a lower level or the ground, these are not falls in accordance with this definition, therefore should not be recorded as such.</p> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:45:20 GMT Susanne Arnold 094d434545273e8701453c38b48d309c