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Table 1 Summary of intervention arms

From: Pilot comparative effectiveness study of surface perturbation treadmill training to prevent falls in older adults

Exercise type

Example

Treatment

 

Standard PT

SPTT (ActiveStep®)

Strengthening and flexibility

• Lower extremity and trunk strengthening (i.e. sit to stand, heel-toe-raises, resistance bands)

X

X

• Lower extremity stretching (i.e. gastrocnemius, hamstrings, hip flexors)

Static and dynamic balance

• Challenging vestibular, visual and somatosensory system (i.e. altering base of support and/or surface, closing eyes, head movement)

X

X

• Elicit ankle, hip and stepping strategies

 

• Incorporate cognitive challenge and dual task

  

Mobility Training

• Assess appropriate assistive device

X

X

 

• Vary gait speed

  
 

• Challenge surface, distance, obstacles, cognitive and dual task, stop/start

  

Dynamic Stability Trip and Slip Training

• Progressively challenging anterior, posterior and lateral surface perturbation

 

X

• Step response to perturbation

• Walking recovery after perturbation