Reactive stepping responses are essential to prevent falls after a loss of balance. It has previously been well described that both voluntary and reactive step training could improve the efficacy of ...

(Left) Pneumatic artificial muscles in the wearable device generate small disturbances. By holding a posture against these disturbances, a user can improve their reactive postural control. (Right) ...

Perturbation-based balance training might be one of the most versatile fitness techniques you’ve never heard of today. Touted as a way to prevent falls among older adults and those with neurological ...

Scientists develop an innovative device to help older individuals train their posture control, minimizing the risk of falls and associated injuries. Balance training using a wearable device to improve ...

2 Strategic Research Program Exercise and the Brain in Health and Disease: the added value of Human-Centered Robotics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium 3 Amsterdam Collaboration on Health ...

Maintaining balance and posture is quite a complex skill, even though it comes naturally to most people. However, postural control tends to worsen with age due to various reasons, such as muscle ...