Neural Correlates of Balance Skill Learning in Young and Older Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing number of research studies examining the effects of age on the control of posture, the number of annual fall-related injuries and deaths continues to increase. A better understanding of how old age affects the neural mechanisms of postural control and how countermeasures such as balance training could improve the neural control of posture to reduce falls in older individuals is therefore necessary. The aim of this review is to determine the effects of age on the neural correlates of balance skill learning measured during static (standing) and dynamic (walking) balance tasks in healthy individuals.

Methods

We determined the effects of acute (1-3 sessions) and chronic (> 3 sessions) balance skill training on balance in the trained and in untra

SUBMITTER: Bakker LBM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772137 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature