Repeated-slip training: an emerging paradigm for prevention of slip-related falls among older adults.

ABSTRACT: 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 the risk for falls resulting from a forward slip, based on the principles of motor control and learning, in the context of adaptation and longer-term retention induced by repeated-slip training. Although an unexpected slip is severely destabilizing, a recovery step often is adequate for regaining stability, regardless of age. Consequently, poor weight support (quantified by reduction in hip height), rather than instability, is the major determinant of slip-related fall risk. Promisingly, a single session of repeated-slip training can enhance neuromechanical control of dynamic stability and weight support to pr

SUBMITTER: Pai YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2826275 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature