An increased susceptibility to falling leading to functional disability is one of the major
problems associated with human aging. Even in the absence of injury resulting from falling …

Falls frequently cause injury-related hospitalization or death among older adults. This article
reviews a new conceptual framework on dynamic stability and weight support in reducing …

Falling is a leading cause of serious injury, loss of independence, and nursing-home
admission in older adults, and the risks are exacerbated in older persons who have medical …

Impairments of balance and gait leading to loss of mobility, falls, and disability are common
occurrences in many neurologic conditions and with older age. Much of our current …

Standing subjects were unexpectedly pulled forward to identify a threshold boundary that
evokes stepping in terms of the size of the pull relative to the base of support (BoS) …

Background. Deterioration with age of physiological components of balance control
increases fall risk. Avoiding a fall can also require higher level cognitive processing to select …

Rapid “change-in-support”(stepping or grasping) balance-recovery reactions play a critical
role in preventing falls. Studies investigating age-related impairments in these reactions …

Previous research on human balance recovery suggests that, prior to an externally triggered
postural perturbation, healthy subjects can pre-select their postural response based on the …

The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of aging on 3D lower
extremity joint moments during successful reactive-recovery from unexpected slips …

Background Deficits in balance control are one of the most common and serious mobility
challenges facing individuals with lower limb loss. Yet, dynamic postural balance control …