Effects of Dynamic Perturbation-Based Training on Balance Control of Community-Dwelling Older Adults

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 17231 - 8
• Main Authors: Chien, Jo-En, Hsu, Wei-Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.11.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/575; 692/700/1518; 692/700/565/491; Balance; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Older people; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Training; Quiet Standing; Balance Training Program; Dynamic Balance Control; Balance Perturbation; Three-dimensional Motion Analysis System

Walking is one of the daily activities that may cause falling in older adults. We developed a novel dynamic balance training program using a perturbation-based training on a custom-made treadmill, which can generate forward, backward, and lateral sway perturbations during walking. The purpose of thi...