Making people trip and slip under controlled conditions in the lab (perturbation training) promises to be a quick method to train people how to avoid falls in the real world. Professor Stephen Lord and his team at NeuRA are investigating the effectiveness of perturbation training for preventing falls in the elderly. Watch this video to see how exactly they are doing this!
Very exciting task-specific training.
I’d like to see it translate quickly into an uncomplicated and affordable set up in the outpatient clinic.
Watching this space.
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