Training with Lateral Stepping Improves Clinical Balance Tests in Older Adults
May 16, 2019·
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Katherine Allen
Andreas Skiadopoulos
Nicholas Stergiou
Abstract
Podium presentation showing that a six-week, three-times-weekly lateral stepping training program improved performance of fourteen older adults (65+) on common clinical measures of balance (Timed Up and Go, Falls Efficacy Scale-International, Sensory Organization Test) and increased self-selected treadmill walking speed, with the improvements retained six weeks after the intervention ended.
Date
May 16, 2019
Event
Fourth Annual Conference in Human Movement Variability
Location
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
