Background Trips and slips increase fall risk for young and older adults. To examine
recovery responses, studies utilized treadmill and/or over-ground methods to simulate real …

Falls are prevalent in older adults. Dynamic stability of body center of mass (COM) is critical
for maintaining balance. A simple yet accurate tool to evaluate COM kinematics is essential …

Over-head-harness systems, equipped with load cell sensors, are essential to the
participants' safety and to the outcome assessment in perturbation training. The purpose of …

The purpose of this review is to position the emerging clinical promise of validating and
implementing biomechanical biomarkers of falls in fall prevention interventions. The review …

Purpose: The potential of task-specific training as a fall-prevention intervention was studied.
The primary purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which a task-specific …

The purposes of this study were to quantify stability during recovery from forward loss of
balance in young and older adults, older single steppers (OSS) and older multiple steppers …

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 …

Lower limb amputation substantially disrupts motor and proprioceptive function. People with
lower limb amputation experience considerable impairments in walking ability, including …

Most workplace musculoskeletal injuries result from slip-related falls while carrying a load.
Although prior studies inspected the effects of front load carriage on spatiotemporal gait …

Falls are one of the most serious problems in the elderly. Although previous studies clearly
link the increased risk of falls with ageing, the mechanisms responsible for the modifications …