Generalization of treadmill-slip training to prevent a fall following a sudden (novel) slip in over-ground walking.

ABSTRACT: The purposes of the study were to determine (1) whether treadmill-slip training could reduce the likelihood of falls during a novel slip in over-ground walking, and (2) to what extent such (indirect) training would be comparable to (direct) over-ground-slip training. A treadmill-slip training group (Group A, n=17) initially experienced repeated perturbations on treadmill intended to simulate forward-slip in over-ground walking. Perturbation continued and its intensity reduced when necessary to ensure subjects' successful adaptation (i.e., when they could land their trailing foot ahead of the slipping foot in at least 3 of 5 consecutive trials). They then experienced a novel slip during over-ground walking. Another 17 young adults in Group B experienced an identical novel slip that served a

SUBMITTER: Yang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3532900 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature