Improvement in trunk kinematics after treadmill-based reactive balance training among older adults is strongly associated with trunk kinematics before training.

ABSTRACT: Reactive balance training (RBT) is an emerging fall prevention exercise intervention for older adults. To better understand factors that influence improvements after RBT, the goal of this study was to identify key factors that strongly associate with training-induced improvements in reactive balance. This study is a secondary analysis of data from a prior study. Twenty-eight residents of senior housing facilities participated, including 14 RBT participants and 14 Tai Chi participants (controls). Before and one week after training, participants completed balance and mobility tests and a reactive balance test. Reactive balance was operationalized as the maximum trunk angle in response to standardized trip-like perturbations on a treadmill. Bivariate (Pearson) correlation was used to identify

SUBMITTER: Aviles J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736255 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature