Two Novel Slip Training Methods Improve the Likelihood of Recovering Balance After a Laboratory-Induced Slip

dc.contributor.authorAllin, Leigh J.en
dc.contributor.authorNussbaum, Maury A.en
dc.contributor.authorMadigan, Michael L.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T14:40:32Zen
dc.date.available2025-05-29T14:40:32Zen
dc.date.issued2018-08-06en
dc.description.abstractTask-specific balance training is an approach to fall prevention that has the potential to reduce the number of slip-induced falls. However, a limitation of current task-specific training methods is that they require nontrivial financial and/or equipment resources. This pilot study evaluated the efficacy of 2 low-cost, low-tech methods for slip-recovery training in improving balance recovery ability. The 2 methods were as follows: (1) repeated unexpected slip training (UST), which involved repeated unexpected slips while walking (similar to current methods of task-specific slip-recovery training) and (2) volitional sliprecovery training (VST), which involved practicing a slip recovery response after volitionally stepping to induce a slip-like perturbation. A total of 36 young adults completed 1 training session (UST, VST, or control), followed by 1 unexpected, laboratory-induced slip while walking on the following day. Compared with controls, UST and VST resulted in a higher proportion of successful balance recoveries from the laboratory-induced slips. UST improved both proactive control and the reactive stepping response after slipping, whereas VST improved the ability to arrest the motion of the slipping foot. Based on these preliminary results, UST and VST may provide practical, cost-effective methods for slip-recovery training.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 37-43en
dc.format.extent7 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2018-0076en
dc.identifier.eissn1543-2688en
dc.identifier.issn1065-8483en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.orcidMadigan, Michael [0000-0002-4299-3851]en
dc.identifier.orcidNussbaum, Maury [0000-0002-1887-8431]en
dc.identifier.pmid30080436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/134287en
dc.identifier.volume35en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHuman Kineticsen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30080436en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfall preventionen
dc.subjectbiomechanicsen
dc.subjectperturbation trainingen
dc.subjectinterventionen
dc.subjectmotor learningen
dc.titleTwo Novel Slip Training Methods Improve the Likelihood of Recovering Balance After a Laboratory-Induced Slipen
dc.title.serialJournal of Applied Biomechanicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Engineering/Industrial and Systems Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Faculty of Health Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Engineering/COE T&R Facultyen

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