Article History
Received: 16 January 2020
Accepted: 25 June 2020
First Online: 9 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Drahota and Dr. Keenan are currently working on a systematic review entitled ‘The SAFEST Review: The Shock-Absorbing Flooring Effectiveness SysTematic Review including older adults and staff in care settings’ funded by the National Institute for Health Research (17/148/11). The present laboratory study is ineligible for inclusion in this review of human participant data.In 2015, Dr. Drahota was involved in a collaborative funding application with Polyflor for some SBRI Healthcare innovation funding. The application was short-listed but unsuccessful. AD has no stake in this company.Five flooring manufacturers delivered free samples to use in this exploratory project, some of which were supplied in confidence because they are not designed for this purpose. The authors have no stake in any of these companies.Mr. Hallas has undertaken unrelated testing work for the flooring manufacturer Polyflor under contract with the Health and Safety Executive and related resistance to wheel movement testing for the flooring manufacturer Tarkett under contract with the Health and Safety Executive.Prof Evans is involved in the Technical Committee on Hip Protectors for the CSA Z325 standard.Dr. Keenan and Prof Evans have previously undertaken commercial testing of hip protectors which is referenced in this paper but have no conflicts of interest for the work presented here.
: This publication and the work it describes were co-funded by Cardiff University, the University of Portsmouth and the Health and Safety Executive. Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy.