Falls and falls prevention
This free webinar is only open to members of World Physiotherapy member organisations in the Asia Western Pacific region.
Attendees will receive a certificate for 1.0 hour of continuing professional development.
Date and time
Wednesday 2 December 2026, 09:30–10:30 UTC. Check your local time
Speakers
- Rosy Armelia, member of the Indonesian Physiotherapy Association
- Sungbae Jo, member of the Korean Physical Therapy Association
- Moderator: Nicolas Bagus Setiabudi, member of the Asia Western Pacific region executive committee and the Indonesian Physiotherapy Association
Rosy Armelia
From screening to action: prioritising modifiable physical factors in community fall-risk screening
Rosy Armelia is a physiotherapist from Bandung, Indonesia, with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She is Head of Orthopaedic and Sport Physiotherapy at Melinda 2 Hospital and Head of Physiotherapy at RSKJP Melinda CVC, and the founder of the Inphysio Indonesia Foundation. Since 2019 she has taught fall prevention to older adults as a physiotherapy instructor in community senior programmes in West Java, and she is the author of the book Dynamic Balance Exercise (2025). Her falls research was selected as a finalist at the 1st Asian Falls Network & 4th Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia Annual Scientific Meeting (1st AFN & 4th FFNM ASM 2025) and the 3rd World Falls Congress (2026) organized by the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). She is also a certified DNS practitioner, a Five Core Movement instructor, Chairperson of the Indonesian Physiotherapy Association (IFI) Bandung branch, and a PhD candidate in Industrial Engineering, specializing in Ergonomics, at the Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII).
Learning objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain why a positive fall-risk screen should lead to a prioritised assessment of modifiable physical factors (physical function difficulty, lower-limb pain and joint stiffness), not just a high-risk label.
- Apply a simple screening-to-action pathway that matches each identified impairment to an action according to the strength of the evidence, with supervised balance and functional exercise as the first-line action
References
- Montero-Odasso M, Van der Velde N, Martin FC, et al. World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative. Age and Ageing. 2022;51(9):afac205. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac205
- - Sherrington C, Fairhall N, Wallbank G, et al. Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community: an abridged Cochrane systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020;54(15):885–891. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101512
Sungbae Jo
Bridging the gap in fall assessment: latest evidence and clinical guidelines for physiotherapists
Sungbae Jo holds a PhD in Physical Therapy and conducts research in rehabilitation medicine. Their teaching and research combine clinical knowledge with artificial intelligence, particularly deep learning for 3D motion analysis and video analysis. They have contributed to multiple government-funded projects in these areas. They aim to provide practical instruction using Python and PyTorch and to advance rehabilitation research alongside students and early-career researchers.
Learning objectives
Summarize key recommendations from the latest international clinical guidelines on fall risk stratification and assessment for physiotherapists.
Integrate emerging research evidence into physiotherapy practice to support clinical decision-making and address gaps between guideline recommendations and everyday practice.
Reference
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Methods of assessment: Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and people 50 and over at higher risk. London: NICE; April 2025 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng249
