Specific Stimuli Induce Specific Adaptations: Sensorimotor Training vs. Reactive Balance Training

Task-specificity of balance training

(2015) Louis-Solal Giboin et al.   HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE

Effects of Balance Training on Balance Performance in Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2015) Melanie Lesinski et al.   SPORTS MEDICINE

Reactive Balance Control in Response to Perturbation in Unilateral Stance: Interaction Effects of Direction, Displacement and Velocity on Compensatory Neuromuscular and Kinematic Responses

(2015) Kathrin Freyler et al.   PLoS One

Balance training with multi-task exercises improves fall-related self-efficacy, gait, balance performance and physical function in older adults with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial

(2014) Alexandra Halvarsson et al.   CLINICAL REHABILITATION

Effects of the type and direction of support surface perturbation on postural responses

(2014) Chiung-Ling Chen et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Dual tasking during postural stepping responses increases falls but not freezing in people with Parkinson's disease

(2014) Jesse V. Jacobs et al.   PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

(2013) Yves J Gschwind et al.   BMC Geriatrics

Effect of the muscle coactivation during quiet standing on dynamic postural control in older adults

(2012) Koutatsu Nagai et al.   ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

Improving balance control and self-reported lower extremity function in community-dwelling older adults: a randomized control trial

(2012) Itshak Melzer et al.   CLINICAL REHABILITATION

Gait dynamics following variable and constant speed gait training in individuals with chronic stroke

(2012) Christopher K. Rhea et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Relationship between Strength, Power and Balance Performance in Seniors

(2012) Thomas Muehlbauer et al.   GERONTOLOGY

Effects of Balance Training on Muscle Coactivation During Postural Control in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2012) K. Nagai et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Differences in muscle coactivation during postural control between healthy older and young adults

(2011) Koutatsu Nagai et al.   ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

Proof of Concept for Perturbation-Based Balance Training in Older Adults at a High Risk for Falls

(2011) Kathleen A. Bieryla et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Impairment in postural control is greater when ankle plantarflexors and dorsiflexors are fatigued simultaneously than when fatigued separately

(2011) Sébastien Boyas et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Balance Performance With a Cognitive Task: A Continuation of the Dual-Task Testing Paradigm

(2011) Jacob E. Resch et al.   JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING

An Intergenerational Approach in the Promotion of Balance and Strength for Fall Prevention – A Mini-Review

(2010) Urs Granacher et al.   GERONTOLOGY

Balance Training and Multi-Task Performance in Seniors

(2010) U. Granacher et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Effects of muscle fatigue on gait characteristics under single and dual-task conditions in young and older adults

(2010) Urs Granacher et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Zuverlässigkeitsprüfung eines Messverfahrens zur Charakterisierung des Standverhaltens und Quantifizierung des Balancevermögens auf einer instabilen Plattform (Posturomed)

(2010) J. Boeer et al.   SPORTVERLETZUNG-SPORTSCHADEN

Systematic Review of Postural Control and Lateral Ankle Instability, Part II: Is Balance Training Clinically Effective?

(2009) Patrick O. McKeon et al.   JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING

Are age-related impairments in change-in-support balance reactions dependent on the method of balance perturbation?

(2009) Avril Mansfield et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Spinal and supraspinal adaptations associated with balance training and their functional relevance

(2008) W. Taube et al.   Acta Physiologica

Age-related differences in postural reaction time and coordination during voluntary sway movements

(2008) Murray G. Tucker et al.   HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE