The relationships between compensatory stepping thresholds and measures of gait, standing postural control, strength, and balance confidence in older women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compensatory stepping thresholds evaluate the response to postural disturbances. Although such fall-recovery measures are a promising indicator of fall risk, the relationships between stepping thresholds and other measures used to predict falls are not well established.

Research question

We sought to quantify the relationships between stepping thresholds and other measurements used to assess fall risk in older women, a population at high risk for falls and related injuries, including fractures.

Methods

We studied 112 ambulatory, community-dwelling women, age 65 years or older. Using a treadmill to deliver standing postural disturbances, we determined anterior and posterior single-stepping and multiple-stepping thresholds. These thresholds represented the ma

SUBMITTER: Crenshaw JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312387 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature