Older Fallers and Non-fallers' Neuromuscular and Kinematic Alterations in Reactive Balance Control: Indicators of Balance Decline or Compensation?

RTL Zhu, TTM Hung, FMH Lam, JZ Li, YY Luo, J Sun… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background: Falls and fall consequences in older adults are global health issues. Previous
studies have compared postural sways or stepping strategies between older adults with and …

Leading limb biomechanical response following compelled forward and descending body shift in old versus young adults

S Sadeh, KH Shen, F Foroughi, HY Hsiao - Clinical Biomechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Falls pose a significant health risk in older adults, with stair descent falls
carrying particularly severe consequences. Reduced balance control and limb support due …

Age-related differences in kinematics, kinetics, and muscle synergy patterns following a sudden gait perturbation: Changes in movement strategies and implications …

W Jeon, A Ramadan, J Whitall, N Alissa, K Westlake - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Falls in older adults are leading causes of fatal and non-fatal injuries, negatively impacting
quality of life among those in this demographic. Most elderly falls occur due to …

Cortical correlates in upright dynamic and static balance in the elderly

M Rubega, E Formaggio, R Di Marco, M Bertuccelli… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Falls are the second most frequent cause of injury in the elderly. Physiological processes
associated with aging affect the elderly's ability to respond to unexpected balance …

Anticipatory adjustments of posture allow elderly fallers to achieve a balance recovery performance equivalent to elderly non-fallers

C Le Mouel, R Tisserand, T Robert, R Brette - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Background In an important number of laboratory-based perturbation experiments,
differences in the balance recovery performance of elderly fallers and non-fallers are …

The kinematics and strategies of recovery steps during lateral losses of balance in standing at different perturbation magnitudes in older adults with varying history of …

S Batcir, G Shani, A Shapiro, N Alexander, I Melzer - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Balance control and stability during gait-an evaluation of fall risk among elderly adults

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Falls are a significant source of physical, social, and psychological suffering among elderly
adults. Falls lead to morbidity and even mortality. Over one-third of adults over the age of 65 …

The effect of musculoskeletal conditions on balance control

S Wang, X Hu, G Rivera-Lillo - Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Falls are a global health concern among individuals aged 65 and over (1) exacerbated by
agerelated declines in balance control, the consequences of falls include musculoskeletal …

A retrospective analysis of balance control parameters in elderly fallers and non-fallers

I Melzer, I Kurz, LIE Oddsson - Clinical biomechanics, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A cross-sectional retrospective study of parameters reflecting balance
function in elderly fallers and non-fallers was conducted to better understand postural …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of unsuccessful balance reactive responses to lateral loss of balance in older adults

S Batcir, Y Berdichevsky, YG Bachner, O Lubovsky… - Gerontology, 2024 - karger.com
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 …