Since the mid-2000s, perturbation-based balance training has been gaining interest as an
efficient and effective way to prevent falls in older adults. It has been suggested that this task …

• Older adults can adapt and retain trip-and slip-resisting skills through brief exposure to
repetitive treadmill gait perturbations despite age-related muscular changes, but pathology …

Importance Falls are common and the leading cause of injuries among older adults, but falls
may be attenuated by the promising and time-efficient intervention called perturbation-based …

Background Trips account for over half of outdoor falls among community-dwelling older
adults. Aims To investigate to what extent obstacle-induced trip-perturbation training could …

Reactive locomotor adaptations are crucial for safe mobility, but remain relatively
unexplored. Here we assess reactive gait adaptations, and their retention, savings and …

Walking patterns are adaptable in response to different environmental demands, which
requires neural input from spinal and supraspinal structures. With an increase in age, there …

Aim: Falls commonly occur from trips and slips while walking. Recovery strategies from trips
and backward falling slips have been extensively studied. However, until recently, forward …

For human locomotion, varying environments require adjustments of the motor system. We
asked whether age affects gait balance recovery adaptation, its retention over months, and …

The ability to rapidly adjust gait to cope with unexpected mechanical perturbations declines
with ageing. Previous studies, however, have not ensured that gait stability pre-perturbation …

Background Gait perturbations, occurring in any direction in daily life, may result in a fall. In
fall prevention, gait perturbation training is a promising approach. Treadmill perturbations in …