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Objectives: There is some evidence of an improvement in falls risk in the elderly after completing a wobble‐board training program. This study examined the effects of wobble‐board training on ability to discriminate between different extents of ankle inversion movements in a group of older subjects, tested wearing shoes and barefoot.

Design: A randomized, controlled, crossover pilot study.

Setting: Canberra region, Australia.

Participants: Twenty community‐dwelling subjects aged 65 to 85 participated in this study; all were in good health with no known disorder of the musculoskeletal system.

Measurements: The accuracy with which subjects could identify a set of ankle inversion movements of different extents was measured, with testing conducted in an upright, weightbearing stance.

Intervention: The effects of a 5‐week training program using a wobble board modified for data logging or a period of normal …