No tipping, please: Why do older adults have sideways instability?
Stepping is often a critical last-resort response to recover balance following a slip or trip....
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Using a smartphone to measure activity levels: can we use the same algorithms in young and older people?
Wearable sensors have become an important research tool because they can be used to monitor...
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Can we turn around falls? The predictive value of turning in daily life for falls in older people
Difficulty turning, or changing direction of walking, is a major contributor to mobility...
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A conceptual framework for testing balance control in children
Adequate balance control is a prerequisite for normal motor development. In children showing motor...
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Unexpected hazards on the pathway: can older adults adapt their walking safely?
Being able to adjust our walking pattern is crucial when performing daily living activities such...
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These boots are made for walking: free-living gait.
Gait can tell us about our health, risk of falls and brain function. Gait problems are focal in...
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How does weight-bearing asymmetry influence balance recovery from stance perturbations?
Weight-bearing asymmetry is a common consequence of lateralized disorders, such as stroke. For...
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One step closer towards developing an accurate automatic fall detection system.
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality among older adults. In...
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Watch your step! Early gaze deviation impairs stepping accuracy in people with Parkinson’s disease
People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) fall more frequently than healthy individuals. Most falls in...
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Stops walking when talking – the view from a sports psychologist
Since Lundin-Olssen’s seminal paper in 1997, many researchers have tried to understand why older...
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