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Which factors drive training of standing balance in older adults?
Alizadehsaravi, Leila
2021
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Alizadehsaravi, L. (2021). Which factors drive training of standing balance in older adults?.
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Abstract ... 36 Introduction ... 37 Methods ... 39 Participants ... 39 Experimental procedures ... 40 Data analysis ... 44 Statistics ... 45 Results ... 46 Balance robustness ... 46 Balance performance ... 47 Duration of Co-contraction ... 48 Reflexes ... 49
Associations of balance robustness with co-contraction and reflexes ... 50
Associations of balance performance with co-contraction and reflexes ... 51
Discussion ... 53
Limitations ... 54
Perspective ... 55
Acknowledgments ... 55
Chapter 4 ... 56
Balance training improves feedback control of perturbed balance in older adults
... 56
Abstract ... 57 Introduction ... 58 Methods ... 59 Data analysis ... 60 Statistics ... 61 Results ... 62 Balance performance ... 62 Muscle Synergies ... 69 Discussion ... 71 Conclusion ... 73 Acknowledgments ... 73Chapter 5 ... 74
Neuromuscular control of gait stability in older adults is adapted to
environmental demands but not improved after standing balance training ... 74
Abstract ... 75
Introduction ... 76
Methods ... 77
Participants ... 77
Experimental procedures ... 77
Instrumentation and data acquisition ... 79
Data analysis ... 80 Statistics ... 81 Results ... 81 Gait performance ... 82 Muscle synergies ... 83 Discussion ... 85 Acknowledgment ... 87
Chapter 6 ... 88
Summary and General Discussion ... 88
Summary ... 89
Reflexes ... 92
Co-contraction ... 93
Muscle synergies and balance strategy ... 93
Other mechanisms ... 94
Implication for clinical practice ... 95
Supplementary material; chapter 2. ... 97
Supplementary material; chapter 3 ... 99
