The relationship between cognitive demands and postural control is controversial. Mental
fatigue paradigms investigate the attentional requirements of postural control by assessing …

Perturbation-based gait assessment has been used to quantify gait stability in older adults.
However, knowledge on which perturbation type is most suitable to identify poor gait stability …

Background Transfemoral prosthesis users' high fall rate is related to increased injury risk,
medical costs, and fear of falling. Better understanding how stumble conditions (eg …

Background Trips account for over half of outdoor falls among community-dwelling older
adults. Aims To investigate to what extent obstacle-induced trip-perturbation training could …

Variability is ubiquitous in human movement, arising from internal and external noise,
inherent biological redundancy, and from the neurophysiological control actions that help …

The current study aimed to determine potential differences in dynamic stability control during
perturbed walking across the adult female lifespan and to test the hypothesis that such …

Background Key factors limiting patients with lower extremity amputations to achieve
maximal functional capabilities are falls and fear of falling. A task-specific fall prevention …

Dynamic and cognitive multi-tasking might affect balance and walking negatively and
increase risk of falling. Trunk movement control is critical for balance maintenance and fall …

Background: Walkway and treadmill induced trips have contrasting advantages, for instance
walkway trips have high-ecological validity whereas belt accelerations on a treadmill have …

Studies examining recovery from SLIPS and TRIPS indicate higher incidence of falls during
SLIPS than TRIPS however, differences in the recovery mechanisms during these opposing …