The recovery response to a novel unannounced laboratory-induced slip: The “first trial effect” in older adults

• Published in: Clinical biomechanics (Bristol) Vol. 48; pp. 9 - 14
• Main Authors: Liu, Xuan, Reschechtko, Sasha, Wang, Shuaijie, Pai, Yi-Chung (Clive)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Accidental Falls; Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Aged; Biomechanical Phenomena; Female; Foot - physiology; Gait - physiology; Humans; Male; Motion; Motor learning; Perturbation; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Postural Balance - physiology; Protective stepping; Stability; Stability; Perturbation; Motor learning; Protective stepping

Abstract Background After a single slip, older adults rapidly make adaptive changes to avoid or eliminate further backward loss of balance or a fall. This rapid adaptation has been termed the “single trial effect”. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the motor errors su...