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A Perspective on Using Virtual Reality to Incorporate the Affective Context of Everyday Falls Into Fall Prevention

A Perspective on Using Virtual Reality to Incorporate the Affective Context of Everyday Falls Into Fall Prevention

VR therapies successfully reduce anxiety in younger people; it is not hard to imagine a future where VR could help older adults overcome a fear of falling and cope with mobility-related anxiety. As a result of poor “balance confidence” or low “falls efficacy,” many older adults report a “fear of falling” and experience mobility-related anxiety during locomotion [16].

Tiphanie E Raffegeau, William R Young, Peter C Fino, A Mark Williams

JMIR Aging 2023;6:e36325