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A five-week exercise program can reduce falls and improve obstacle avoidance in the elderly

scientific article published on January 2006

A review of balance and gait capacities in relation to falls in persons with intellectual disability

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

A startling acoustic stimulus facilitates voluntary lower extremity movements and automatic postural responses in people with chronic stroke.

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Additional weight load increases freezing of gait episodes in Parkinson's disease; an experimental study

scientific article published on May 2014

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and spinal fusion do not substantially impact on postural balance

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Advancing age progressively affects obstacle avoidance skills in the elderly

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Are postural responses to backward and forward perturbations processed by different neural circuits? ⬇️

scientific article published on April 24, 2013

Assessment of postural asymmetry in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease ⬇️

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Automated postural responses are modified in a functional manner by instruction

scientific article published on 9 January 2008

Bilateral changes in muscle architecture of physically active people with chronic stroke: A quantitative muscle ultrasound study

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Body configuration at first stepping-foot contact predicts backward balance recovery capacity in people with chronic stroke

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

CNS effects of indomethacin: should patients be cautioned about decreased mental alertness and motor coordination?

scientific article published on March 2013

Clinical Functional Capacity Testing in Patients With Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: Construct Validity and Interrater Reliability of Antigravity Tests

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Clinical measures are feasible and sensitive to assess balance and gait capacities in older persons with mild to moderate Intellectual Disabilities

scientific article published on 15 September 2012

Community-dwelling people with chronic stroke need disproportionate attention while walking and negotiating obstacles

scientific article published on 13 March 2012

Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Deficits in motor response to avoid sudden obstacles during gait in functional walkers poststroke

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Development and Process Evaluation of a 5-Week Exercise Program to Prevent Falls in People after Stroke: The FALLS Program ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2011

Does calf muscle spasticity contribute to postural imbalance? A study in persons with pure hereditary spastic paraparesis ⬇️

scientific article published on February 20, 2013

Does osteoporosis predispose falls? A study on obstacle avoidance and balance confidence

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Does the StartReact Effect Apply to First-Trial Reactive Movements?

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Dopaminergic medication does not improve stepping responses following backward and forward balance perturbations in patients with Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Dual-tasking interferes with obstacle avoidance reactions in healthy seniors

scientific article published on 5 May 2012

Effect of Peroneal Electrical Stimulation Versus an Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Obstacle Avoidance Ability in People With Stroke-Related Foot Drop ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

Effects of Exercise Therapy on Balance Capacity in Chronic Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Efficacy of a short multidisciplinary falls prevention program for elderly persons with osteoporosis and a fall history: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in November 2010

Even low alcohol concentrations affect obstacle avoidance reactions in healthy senior individuals

scientific article

Evidence for bilaterally delayed and decreased obstacle avoidance responses while walking with a lower limb prosthesis

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Exercise training can improve spatial characteristics of time-critical obstacle avoidance in elderly people

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Falls in individuals with stroke

scientific article published on January 2008

Falls in older persons with intellectual disabilities: fall rate, circumstances and consequences ⬇️

scientific article published on October 29, 2012

Falls prevention in persons with intellectual disabilities: development, implementation, and process evaluation of a tailored multifactorial fall risk assessment and intervention strategy

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Functional effects of botulinum toxin type-A treatment and subsequent stretching of spastic calf muscles: a study in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia

scientific article published in February 2015

Gait adaptability training improves obstacle avoidance and dynamic stability in patients with cerebellar degeneration

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Gait and gait-related activities of daily living after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review

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Gait and lower limb muscle strength in women after triple innominate osteotomy

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Gait symmetry and hip strength in women with developmental dysplasia following hip arthroplasty compared to healthy subjects: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

High failure rates when avoiding obstacles during treadmill walking in patients with a transtibial amputation

scientific article published in August 2006

High failure rates when avoiding unexpected obstacles while walking in patients with a trans-tibial amputation

article published in 2006

Identifying freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease during freezing provoking tasks using waist-mounted accelerometry

scientific article

Improved gait adjustments after gait adaptability training are associated with reduced attentional demands in persons with stroke

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Interventions for preventing falls in people after stroke

scientific article (published 2010-10-06)

Is weight-bearing asymmetry associated with postural instability after stroke? A systematic review

scientific article published on 28 April 2013

Keep looking ahead? Re-direction of visual fixation does not always occur during an unpredictable obstacle avoidance task

scientific article published on 4 July 2006

Loading enhances the occurrence of startle responses in leg muscles ⬇️

scientific article published on March 14, 2013

Mechanisms of postural instability in hereditary spastic paraplegia

scientific article

Muscle Activity during Walking Measured Using 3D MRI Segmentations and [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose in Combination with Positron Emission Tomography

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Objective detection of subtle freezing of gait episodes in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on August 2010

Obstacle avoidance to elicit freezing of gait during treadmill walking

scientific article published in January 2010

Obstacle course training can improve mobility and prevent falls in people with intellectual disabilities ⬇️

scientific article published on April 19, 2013

Pathophysiology, diagnostic work-up and management of balance impairments and falls in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Perturbation-Based Balance Training to Improve Step Quality in the Chronic Phase After Stroke: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Postural inflexibility in PD: does it affect compensatory stepping?

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Preserved Effectiveness of a Falls Prevention Exercise Program After Implementation in Daily Clinical Practice

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Prospective study on risk factors for falling in elderly persons with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Relationships Between Affected-Leg Motor Impairment, Postural Asymmetry, and Impaired Body Sway Control After Unilateral Supratentorial Stroke

scientific article

Reliability and construct validity of the Walking Adaptability Ladder Test for Kids (WAL-K): a new clinical test for measuring walking adaptability in children

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

SENSE AND SIMPLICITY: MAXIMUM STEP LENGTH IS ALSO RELIABLE, FEASIBLE, AND VALID IN VERY OLD ADULTS

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Secondary task performance during challenging walking tasks and freezing episodes in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Short-Latency Stretch Reflexes Do Not Contribute to Premature Calf Muscle Activity During the Stance Phase of Gait in Spastic Patients ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

StartReact during gait initiation reveals differential control of muscle activation and inhibition in patients with corticospinal degeneration

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

StartReact effects support different pathophysiological mechanisms underlying freezing of gait and postural instability in Parkinson's disease

scientific article

Step by step: a proof of concept study of C-Mill gait adaptability training in the chronic phase after stroke

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Step performance in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: a case-control study

scientific article published on 27 August 2011

Subcortical structures in humans can be facilitated by transcranial direct current stimulation

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The Next Step in Understanding Impaired Reactive Balance Control in People With Stroke: The Role of Defective Early Automatic Postural Responses

scientific article published in July 2017

The body configuration at step contact critically determines the successfulness of balance recovery in response to large backward perturbations

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

The effect of weight-bearing asymmetry on dynamic postural stability in people with chronic stroke

scientific article

The laser shoes: A new ambulatory device to alleviate freezing of gait in Parkinson disease

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

The possible price of auditory cueing: influence on obstacle avoidance in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

The relation between postural stability and weight distribution in healthy subjects

scientific article published on 17 July 2007

The retropulsion test: a good evaluation of postural instability in Parkinson's disease?

scientific article published on January 2015

The usual suspect? On the role of cognitive versus physical functioning in gait variability in elderly adults

scientific article

The walk-bicycle: A new assistive device for Parkinson's patients with freezing of gait?

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

Unraveling the Association Between SSRI Use and Falls

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Unraveling the mechanisms underlying postural instability in Parkinson's disease using dynamic posturography

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Veroudering van het bewegingsapparaat: over struikelen, vallen en uitglijden

WHY STROKE PATIENTS STOP WALKING WHEN TALKING

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

What startles tell us about control of posture and gait

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

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