Intensive Balance Training for Adults With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries: Protocol for an Assessor-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial | Zendy

Janelle Unger | Zendy; Katherine Chan | Zendy; Carol Y. Scovil | Zendy; B. Catharine Craven | Zendy; Avril Mansfield | Zendy; Kei Masani | Zendy; Kristin E. Musselman | Zendy

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Intensive Balance Training for Adults With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries: Protocol for an Assessor-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial

Author(s) -

Janelle Unger,

Katherine Chan,

Carol Y. Scovil,

B. Catharine Craven,

Avril Mansfield,

Kei Masani,

Kristin E. Musselman

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzy153

Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , medicine , protocol (science) , balance (ability) , physical therapy , clinical trial , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology

Impaired reactive balance control can lead to increased falls in people with neurological impairments. Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), which involves repetitive exposure to destabilizing external perturbations, improves the ability to take reactive steps in older adults and individuals who have had a stroke.

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