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Children’s Improvement of a Motor Response during Backward Falls through the Implementation of a Safe Fall Program
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The World Health Organization has warned that, in children, the second cause of death from unintentional injuries are falls. The objective of this study was to analyze the motor response of primary schoolchildren when a backwards fall occurs. These analyses occurred before and after interventions of the Safe Fall program, which aims to teach safe and protected ways of backward falling. A quasi-experimental research design was used, with a sample of 122 Spanish (Sevillian) schoolchildren in the 10–12 age bracket. The INFOSECA ad-hoc observation scale was used for data collection: this scale registers 5 essential physical reactions throughout the process of a safe and protected backwards fall. After that, a number of descriptive, correlational and contrast statistics were applied. The value used in the McNemar test to establish statistical significance was p < 0.05. Results showed that over 85% of students had developed the competence to correctly perform all five physical motions that allow for a safer backward fall. The teaching of safe and protected techniques for falling backwards in child population in Primary Education is possible through the implementation of the Safe Fall program in Physical Education classes, which can help making falls safer, diminishing the risk and severity of the injuries they cause.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DelCastillo-Andrés, Ó., Toronjo-Hornillo, L., Rodríguez-López, M., Castañeda-Vázquez, C., & Campos-Mesa, M. D. C.
- Affiliations
- Physical Education and Sports Department, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-11-27
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2669
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6313405
- OpenAlex
- W2903031502
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- idUS (Universidad de Sevilla) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Education, Safety, and Science Studies
- Keywords
- backward falls, motor response, children, unintentional injuries, fall prevention, physical education, elementary school students, injury risk reduction
- MeSH terms
- Accidental Falls, Child, Female, Health Education, Humans, Male, Physical Education and Training, Risk Management, Spain, Safety Management
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