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Effect of the Safe Fall Programme on Children’s Health and Safety: Dealing Proactively with Backward Falls in Physical Education Classes

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  • Luis Toronjo-Hornillo

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Óscar DelCastillo-Andrés

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • María Del Carmen Campos-Mesa

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Víctor Manuel Díaz Bernier

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • María Luisa Zagalaz Sánchez

    (Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to show that the implementation of the Safe Fall programme in physical education classes can help to reduce the negative effects of unintentional backward falls in the adolescent population, by teaching them how to protect themselves when falling. A quasi-experimental research design was applied in a sample of 120 children (M = 15.1 years, SD = 2.45), attending a secondary school in Seville (Spain). Data was collected on an ad hoc observation scale INFOSECA (which records five basic elements during a backward fall: position of the neck, the hands, the trunk, the hips, and the knees), applying descriptive, correlational, and contrast statistics. The criteria for considering statistical significance was p < 0.05 in McNemar’s test. The data indicates that learning safe and protected ways of falling backward is possible through the implementation of the Safe Fall programme, and no differences were found in terms of gender.

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  • Luis Toronjo-Hornillo & Óscar DelCastillo-Andrés & María Del Carmen Campos-Mesa & Víctor Manuel Díaz Bernier & María Luisa Zagalaz Sánchez, 2018. "Effect of the Safe Fall Programme on Children’s Health and Safety: Dealing Proactively with Backward Falls in Physical Education Classes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:4:p:1168-:d:140889
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    1. Artur Kruszewski, 2023. "From Ancient Patterns of Hand-to-Hand Combat to a Unique Therapy of the Future," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Luis Toronjo-Hornillo & Carolina Castañeda-Vázquez & María del Carmen Campos-Mesa & Gloria González-Campos & Juan Corral-Pernía & Fátima Chacón-Borrego & Óscar DelCastillo-Andrés, 2018. "Effects of the Application of a Program of Adapted Utilitarian Judo (JUA) on the Fear of Falling Syndrome (FOF) for the Health Sustainability of the Elderly Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-9, November.
    3. Andrzej Mroczkowski, 2022. "Influence of the Backward Fall Technique on the Sagittal Linear Acceleration of the Head during a Fall," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-17, January.

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