Open AccessImproving Trip- and Slip-Resisting Skills in Older People: Perturbation Dose Matters
Author(s) -
Kiros Karamanidis,
Gaspar Epro,
Christopher McCrum,
Matthias König
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1249/jes.0000000000000210
Subject(s) - generalizability theory , perturbation (astronomy) , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , developmental psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Aging negatively affects balance recovery responses after trips and slips. We hypothesize that older people can benefit from brief treadmill-based trip and slip perturbation exposure despite reduced muscular capacities, but with neuropathology, their responsiveness to these perturbations will be decreased. Thus, to facilitate long-term benefits and their generalizability to everyday life, one needs to consider the individual threshold for perturbation dose.