Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
Balance and gait performance after maximal and submaximal endurance exercise in seniors: is there a higher fall-risk?
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03484351 (Evaluating the Feasibility of Providing a Newly Developed Multifactorial Falls Prevention Programme for Community-dwelling Patients After Stroke.), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Providing a Newly Developed Multifactorial Falls Prevention Programme for Community-dwelling Patients After Stroke.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Visually Impaired OLder people's Exercise programme for falls prevenTion (VIOLET): a feasibility study protocol.BMJ open · 2016Trial
- Fatigue Induced by Walking Uphill and Downhill Similarly Disrupts Postural Balance but Their Disruptive Factors Differ.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- The effect of exercise-induced muscle fatigue on gait parameters among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Review
- Delayed Impairment of Postural, Physical, and Muscular Functions Following Downhill Compared to Level Walking in Older People.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Exercise-Based Fall Prevention in the Elderly: What About Agility?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Article
- The effects of acute arm crank ergometry and cycle ergometry on postural sway and attentional demands during quiet bipedal standing.Experimental brain research · 2015Article
- Different ankle muscle coordination patterns and co-activation during quiet stance between young adults and seniors do not change after a bout of high intensity training.BMC geriatrics · 2015Article
- The impact of a submaximal level of exercise on balance performance in older persons.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2014Article
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Abstract
Impaired balance and gait performance increase fall-risk in seniors. Acute effects of different exercise bouts on gait and balance were not yet addressed. Therefore, 19 healthy seniors (10 women, 9 men, age: 64.6 ± 3.2 years) were examined on 3 days. After exhaustive treadmill testing, participants randomly completed a 2-km treadmill walking test (76 ± 8 % VO(2max)) and a resting control condition. Standing balance performance (SBALP) was assessed by single limb-eyes opened (SLEO) and double limb-eyes closed (DLEC) stance. Gait parameters were collected at comfortable walking velocity. A condition × time interaction of center of pressure path length (COP(path)) was observed for both balance tasks (p < 0.001). Small (Cohen's d = 0.42, p = 0.05) and large (d = 1.04, p < 0.001) COP(path) increases were found after 2-km and maximal exercise during DLEC. Regarding SLEO, slightly increased COP(path) occurred after 2-km walking (d = 0.29, p = 0.65) and large increases after exhaustive exercise (d = 1.24, p < 0.001). No significant differences were found for gait parameters. Alterations of SBALP after exhaustive exercise might lead to higher fall-risk in seniors. Balance changes upon 2-km testing might be of minor relevance. Gait is not affected during single task walking at given velocities.
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