Immediate and latent interlimb transfer of gait stability adaptation following repeated exposure to slips

The authors trained 21 participants by using blocked-and-mixed exposure to right-side slips and then caused them to Slip unexpectedly oil file untrained left side. Authors retested participants with a right slip and a left slip at I week, 2 weeks, I month, and 4 months. The authors Found that preslip stability oil the first untrained left slip improved and was significantly greater than that oil the first right slip. which probably contributed to the reduction in incidence of falls from similar to 30% to similar to 10%. Postslip stability and base Of support (BOS) slip velocity were similar to those Oil the first right slip and Much lower than those oil file last right slip. Increases in pre- and postslip stabilities and BOS slip velocity during the left slip led to reductions in backward balance loss (BLOB) from similar to 95% oil initial left slip to similar to 60% and to similar to 25% oil the 1 st and 3rd retest sessions, respectively. In contrast. BLOB remained at a constant similar to 40% level oil the right slip of file same retest sessions. The results indicate a partial immediate transfer and a possible talent transfer.