Trial reportClinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)2018
Low-dose hip abductor-adductor power training improves neuromechanical weight-transfer control during lateral balance recovery in older adults.
Trial report in Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07369440 (Community-based Power Training in Faller and Non-faller Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Community-based Power Training in Faller and Non-faller Older Adults: a Feasibility and Fall Risk Study.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Which Exercise Interventions Can Most Effectively Improve Reactive Balance in Older Adults? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of Lateral Perturbation-Induced Step Training and Hip Muscle Strengthening Exercise on Balance and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Trial
- A pilot study on aging-related effects on step performance: The role of muscle quality, size, and strength.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Does the rate of hip abductor and adductor muscle activation during weight transfer influence voluntary lateral stepping in chronic stroke?Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2025Article
- Normalization of the hip abductors rate of activation during a voluntary step task in older adults: Reliability and differences among approaches.Gait & posture · 2024Article
- Age-Related Reduction of Foot Intrinsic Muscle Function and the Relationship with Postural Stability in Old Adults.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- A neuromusculoskeletal modelling approach to bilateral hip mechanics due to unexpected lateral perturbations during overground walking.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The effects of stroke on weight transfer before voluntary lateral and forward steps.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Hip Abductor and Adductor Rate of Torque Development and Muscle Activation, but Not Muscle Size, Are Associated With Functional Performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Kinetic, muscle structure, and neuromuscular determinants of weight transfer phase prior to a lateral choice reaction step in older adults.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2020Article
- Lateral Perturbation-Induced and Voluntary Stepping in Fallers and Nonfallers After Stroke.Physical therapy · 2020Article
- Intramuscular Fat Influences Neuromuscular Activation of the Gluteus Medius in Older Adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAge-related neuromuscular changes in the hip abductor-adductor muscles lead to reduced performance, especially in the rate of force development and power production. These alterations may impair weight transfer control and lateral balance recovery through protective stepping. This study compared the effects of eight weeks of low-dose hip abductor-adductor power and strength training on the performance of isometric maximal voluntary contractions, and lateral balance recovery at different initial weight-bearing conditions in older individuals.
methodsEighteen healthy older adults (71.3 (0.9) years) underwent eight weeks of low-dose hip abductor-adductor exercise training involving either power training (n = 10) or lower velocity strength training (n = 8). Outcomes were assessed for hip abductor-adductor isometric maximal voluntary contractions and lateral waist-pull balance perturbations with three initial stepping limb-load conditions (50%, 65%, or 80% body mass).
findingsPower training increased isometric maximal voluntary contractions abductor-adductor peak torque (14%-18%, p < 0.05), rate of torque development (31%-39%, p < 0.05) and rate of neuromuscular activation (37%-81%, p < 0.05). During lateral balance recovery, power training increased the incidence of stabilizing single lateral steps at 80% body mass pre-load (by 43%, p < 0.05), reduced step lift-off time by 27 ms at 50% body mass (p < 0.05) and decreased downward momentum of the body center of mass at 80% body mass (32%, p < 0.05). Power training also increased in task hip abductor net joint torque (49%-61%, p < 0.05), power (21%-54%, p < 0.05), and abductor-adductor rate of neuromuscular activation (17%-62%, p < 0.05).
interpretationLow-dose hip abductor-adductor power training was more effective than strength training at eliciting improvements in maximal neuromuscular performance and enhanced medio-lateral balance recovery.
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