Generalization of treadmill-slip training to prevent a fall following a sudden (novel) slip in over-ground walking
Generalization of treadmill-slip training to prevent a fall following a sudden (novel) slip in over-ground walking
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.002
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发表时间:
2013-01-04
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Pai, Yi-Chung
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作者:
Yang, Feng;Bhatt, Tanvi;Pai, Yi-Chung
The purposes of the study were to determine (1) whether treadmill-slip training could reduce the likelihood of falls during a novel slip in over-ground walking, and (2) to what extent such (indirect) training would be comparable to (direct) over-ground-slip training. A treadmill-slip training group (Group A, n=17) initially experienced repeated perturbations on treadmill intended to simulate forward-slip in over-ground walking. Perturbation continued and its intensity reduced when necessary to ensure subjects' successful adaptation (Le., when they could land their trailing foot ahead of the slipping foot in at least 3 of 5 consecutive trials). They then experienced a novel slip during over-ground walking. Another 17 young adults in Group B experienced an identical novel slip that served as the controls. They then underwent more slip trials during over-ground walking. Their 16th slip trial was analyzed to represent the over-ground-slip training effect. Eight subjects (47%) in Group A fell upon their first treadmill slip, while all adapted successfully after a minimum of 15 slip trials. Upon the novel slip during over-ground walking, none of them fell in comparison to four subjects (23.5%) fell in Group B upon the same trial (p