Adaptations in Reactive Balance Strategies in Healthy Older Adults After a 3-Week Perturbation Training Program and After a 12-Week Resistance Training Program

• Main Authors: Tom Van Wouwe (Author), Maarten Afschrift (Author), Sebastiaan Dalle (Author), Evelien Van Roie (Author), Katrien Koppo (Author), Friedl De Groote (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Both resistance training (RT) and perturbation-based training (PBT) have been proposed and applied as interventions to improve reactive balance performance in older adults. PBT is a promising approach but the adaptations in underlying balance-correcting mechanisms through which PBT improves reactive...