Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Balance perturbation system to improve balance compensatory responses during walking in old persons | Shapiro and Melzer Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010 7 32 http content 7 1 32 J NER JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION SHORT REPORT Open Access Balance perturbation system to improve balance compensatory responses during walking in old persons Amir Shapiro1 and Itshak Melzer 2 Abstract Ageing commonly disrupts the balance control and compensatory postural responses that contribute to maintaining balance and preventing falls during perturbation of posture. This can lead to increased risk of falling in old adults 65 years old and over . Therefore improving compensatory postural responses during walking is one of the goals in fall prevention programs. Training is often used to achieve this goal. Most fall prevention programs are usually directed towards improving voluntary postural control. Since compensatory postural responses triggered by a slip or a trip are not under direct volitional control these exercises are less expected to improve compensatory postural responses due to lack of training specificity. Thus there is a need to investigate the use balance perturbations during walking to train more effectively compensatory postural reactions during walking. This paper describes the Balance Measure Perturbation System BaMPer System a system that provides small controlled and unpredictable perturbations during treadmill walking providing valuable perturbation which allows training compensatory postural responses during walking which thus hypothesize to improve compensatory postural responses in older adults. Introduction Postural control is the foundation of our ability to move independently. Acute injuries including traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries Hip fracture and even death occurring as a result of falls in old adults 1 . In the older adults about one out of three individuals fall at least once a year 2 . Falls are the leading cause of accidental death in the elderly population 3 . The cost has been .
