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This unique publication provides ten peer-reviewed papers which address the latest global research concerning how much friction pedestrians require during ambulation and how to measure best the friction available between the walkway surface and the shoe bottom. Topics include: biomechanics of ambulation, walkway-safety tribometry, and walkway-safety standards development.
Fall accidents rank number one or two (depending upon what statistic one is using) in the harm, e.g., cost of injury, number of deaths, etc., from accidental causes. Researchers have estimated the cost of slip-precipitated accidents in the billions of dollars per year; there is evidence that slip accidents may be underreported; and it is expected that the number, cost, and harm from slip accidents will rise in the United States as the population ages. Fall accidents that occur as a result of not enough friction available between the floor and shoe bottom for the pedestrian to ambulate without slipping are responsible for a great number of walkway accidents. For this reason, characterizations of how much friction pedestrians require to ambulate and how much friction is available between the foot or shoe bottom and the walkway surface are of great import.

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