Background: The risk for an unexpected fall can be due to increasing age, health conditions,
and loss of cognitive, sensory, or musculoskeletal functions. Falls have personal and …

Background: Reactive balance responses are critical for fall prevention. Perturbation-based
balance training (PBBT) has shown a positive effect in reducing the risk of falls among older …

Introduction The inability to recover from unexpected lateral loss of balance may be
particularly relevant to the problem of falling. Aim We aimed to explore whether different …

Background Step-recovery responses are critical in preventing falls when balance is lost
unexpectedly. We investigated the kinematics and strategies of balance recovery in older …

Introduction: Measurement of reactive balance is critical for fall prevention but is severely
underrepresented in the clinical setting due to the lack of valid assessments. The Stepping …

Introduction: Many falls in older adults occur during walking and result in lateral falls. The
ability to perform a recovery step after balance perturbation determines whether a fall will …

This study aimed to explore the ability to overcome unannounced surface perturbations of
different magnitudes during standing and walking under single-task and dual-task …

Postural stability is essential for performing daily activities and preventing falls, whereby
suspensory strategy with knee flexion may play a role in postural control. However, the …

Introduction: An effective reactive step response to an unexpected balance loss is an
important factor that determines if a fall will happen. We investigated reactive step strategies …

Introduction Perturbation-based balance training (PBT) targets the mechanism of falls (eg,
slipping, tripping) to specifically train the recovery actions needed to avoid a fall. This task …