Trial reportBMJ open2024
Perturbation-based balance training of older adults and effects on physiological, cognitive and sociopsychological factors: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial with 12-month follow-up.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04733222 (Effect of Treadmill Slip- and Trip-perturbation Training on Falls Among Community-dwelling Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Treadmill Slip- and Trip-perturbation Training on Falls Among Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Perturbation-based balance training on treadmills for falls prevention in older adults: a review of training protocols and reporting recommendations (ProRePBT).BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Selective associations between cognitive practice effects and reactive balance adaptation in multiple sclerosis.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
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- Dose-response relationship of treadmill perturbation-based balance training for improving reactive balance in older adults at risk of falling: results of the FEATURE randomized controlled pilot trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPerturbation-based balance training (PBT) has shown promising, although diverging, fall-preventive effects; however, the effects on important physical, cognitive and sociopsychological factors are currently unknown. The study aimed to evaluate these effects on PBT at three different time points (post-training, 6-months and 12-months) in community-dwelling older adults compared with regular treadmill walking.
methodsThis was a preplanned secondary analysis from a randomised, controlled trial performed in Aalborg, Denmark, between March 2021 and November 2022. Community-dwelling older adults aged ≥65 were randomly assigned to participate in four sessions (lasting 20 min each) of either PBT (intervention) or regular treadmill walking (control). All participants were assigned to four testing sessions: pretraining, post-training, 6-month follow-up and 12-month follow-up. At these sessions, physical, cognitive and sociopsychological measures were assessed.
resultsIn total, 140 participants were randomly allocated to either the PBT or control group. Short-term (pretraining to post-training) between-group differences were seen for choice stepping reaction time (-49 ms, 95% CI -80 to -18), dual-task gait speed (0.05 m/s, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.09) favouring the PBT group. However, these improvements were not sustained at the 6-month and 12-month follow-up. No significant between-group differences were found in other physical, cognitive or sociopsychological factors.
conclusionsThis study showed that PBT, in the short term, improved choice stepping reaction time and dual-task gait speed among community-dwelling older adults. Yet, these improvements were not retained for 6- or 12-months. The healthy state of the study's population may have imposed a ceiling effect limiting the ability to show any clinically relevant effects of PBT. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04733222.
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