Background Falls are a leading cause of injury among older adults and most often occur
during walking. While strength and balance training moderately improve falls risk, training …

Abstract Under the Predictive Processing Framework, perception is guided by internal
models that map the probabilistic relationship between sensory states and their causes …

Background: a fall occurs when an individual experiences a loss of balance from which they
are unable to recover. Assessment of balance recovery ability in older adults may therefore …

Background Impaired balance, loss of mobility and falls are major problems associated with
changes in muscle in older adults. However, the extent to which muscle composition and …

Objective To systematically examine stepping performance as a risk factor for falls. More
specifically, we examined (i) if step tests can distinguish fallers from non-fallers and (ii) the …

Balance recovery from an unpredictable postural perturbation can be a challenging task for
many older people and poor recovery could contribute to their risk of falls. This study …

Background This factorial, assessor-blinded, randomized, and controlled study compared
the effects of perturbation-induced step training (lateral waist-pulls), hip muscle …

The ability to respond quickly and accurately to an external perturbation with a stepping
response is critical to avoid falls and this ability is impaired in older, compared to young …

Age-related skeletal muscle atrophy appears to be a muscle group-specific process, yet only
a few specific muscles have been investigated and our understanding in this area is limited …

Restoring functional gait speed is an important goal for rehabilitation post-stroke. During
walking, transferring of one's body weight between the limbs and maintaining balance …