Background: Fall-related injuries in older adults are a major health problem, and the risks and mechanisms of these injuries should be affected by race, culture, living environment, and/or economic status.
Objects: Research articles have been systematically reviewed to understand fall-related injuries in older adults in South Korea.
Methods: 128 published research papers have been found through the Korea Citation Index and the Korean Studies Information Service System, and reviewed in various perspectives, including incidents, fall death rates, medical costs, causes, injury sites and types, locations where falls occurred, prevention strategies, scholarly fields interested in fall injuries, and the role of physical therapy.
Results: Fall-related injuries were found to be more common in women than in men, and the number of incidents increased with age, with the highest rate found in individuals over 85 years old. Risk of fall injury was associated with education level, comorbidities, and fear of falling. Common places where falls occurred included the bathroom, living room, stairs, and hallway. Common types of injury included bruises, fractures, and sprains in the lower extremities. Intervention strategies included exercise programs, education, and protective clothing. Scholarly fields interested in fall-related injuries in older adults included medicine, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physical education, pharmacology, oriental medicine, biomedical engineering, design, clothing, and textiles. Physical therapy intervention using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation has been used to improve one’s balance.
Conclusion: Any movement during the activities of daily living can lead to a fall. Physical therapists are highly educated to analyze human movements and should be involved in more research and practices to solve fall-related injuries in older adults.

Abstract
 Ⅰ. 서론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구 검색 방법
 Ⅲ. 결과
  1. 발생률, 사망률, 치료비용 등을 포함한 역학
  2. 넘어지는 원인과 넘어졌을 때 인체손상을 당하는 원인
  3. 넘어질 때 당하는 인체 손상의 종류와 부위
  4. 낙상이 일어나는 장소
  5. 노인 낙상 예방법
  6. 노인 낙상에 관심을 갖고 연구하는 학문분야
  7. 노인 낙상 문제에 있어서 물리치료 분야의역할
 Ⅳ. 고찰
 Ⅴ. 결론
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• 임기택(인체손상예방 생체역학 연구실, 연세대학교 물리치료학과) | Ki-taek Lim (Injury Prevention and Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University)
• 이지은(인체손상예방 생체역학 연구실, 연세대학교 물리치료학과) | Ji-eun Lee (Injury Prevention and Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University)
• 박하은(인체손상예방 생체역학 연구실, 연세대학교 물리치료학과) | Ha-eun Park (Injury Prevention and Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University)
• 박수영(인체손상예방 생체역학 연구실, 연세대학교 물리치료학과) | Su-young Park (Injury Prevention and Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University)
• 최우철(인체손상예방 생체역학 연구실, 연세대학교 물리치료학과) | Woochol Joseph Choi (Injury Prevention and Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University) Corresponding author