Perturbation-Based Balance Training Research and Evidence

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity16/05/2025High journal impact

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.

PLoS One15/07/2026High journal impact

Using a co-design approach to develop aquatic reactive balance training for fall prevention.

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal30/12/2022High journal impact

The Effect of Reactive Balance Training on Falls in Daily Life: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

NeuroRehabilitation01/04/2026Medium journal impact

Recovery Patterns of Postural Control in Patients with Subacute Stroke: A Longitudinal Comparison of Supratentorial Versus Infratentorial Lesions Using the Mini-BESTest.

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation23/04/2026Medium journal impact

Effects of perturbation-based gait training with and without functional electrical stimulation on reactive balance and neuromuscular coordination after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Frontiers in Neurology02/02/2021Medium journal impact

The Effect of Perturbation-Based Balance Training and Conventional Intensive Balance Training on Reactive Stepping Ability in Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury or Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

PLoS One25/06/2026High journal impact

The perspectives of individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury on measuring the intensity of balance challenge during reactive balance training: A qualitative study.

Journal of BiomechanicsMar 2024Medium journal impact

Combined musculoskeletal finite element modeling of femur stress during reactive balance training.

Gerontology08/05/2026

Influence of reactive balance training program characteristics on reactive balance control and fall risk: a systematic review and meta-regression.

PLoS One2025High journal impact

Investigating the optimal reactive balance training intensity in people with chronic stroke: Study protocol for a randomized control trial.

BMJ open26/08/2020

Determining the optimal dose of reactive balance training after stroke: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Frontiers in Neurology22/11/2018Medium journal impact

Perturbation-Based Balance Training to Improve Step Quality in the Chronic Phase After Stroke: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

BMJ open17/08/2018

Does perturbation-based balance training prevent falls among individuals with chronic stroke? A randomised controlled trial.

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair15/06/2026High journal impact

Functional Electrical Stimulation Combined With Reactive Balance Training for Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomised Clinical Trial.

Physiotherapy Research InternationalJul 2026Medium journal impact

Optimal Reactive Balance Training Characteristics Poststroke: Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial.

Topics in Stroke RehabilitationMay 2020Medium journal impact

Improvements in balance reaction impairments following reactive balance training in individuals with sub-acute stroke: A prospective cohort study with historical control.

Physiotherapy Theory and PracticeJul 2021Medium journal impact

A survey of Canadian healthcare professionals' practices regarding reactive balance training.

Disability and RehabilitationNov 2023Medium journal impact

Perturbation-based Balance Training to improve postural responses and falls in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal of Clinical Medicine28/09/2024High journal impact

Impact of Reactive Balance Training on a Perturbation Treadmill on Physical Performance in Geriatric Patients:Results of a Single-Center, Assessor Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Neurorehabilitation and Neural RepairMar 2019High journal impact

Effects of Perturbation-Based Balance Training in Subacute Persons With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

PLoS One2016High journal impact

Specific Stimuli Induce Specific Adaptations: Sensorimotor Training vs. Reactive Balance Training.

Motor Control2025Medium journal impact

Effect of a Perturbation-Based Balance Training Session on Adaptive Locomotor Response in Older Adults With a History of Falls.

Multiple Sclerosis and Related DisordersMar 2025Medium journal impact

Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a 2-week in-place reactive balance training program in people with multiple sclerosis.

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesApr 2019Medium journal impact

Does Perturbation-Based Balance Training Improve Control of Reactive Stepping in Individuals with Chronic Stroke?

Disability and RehabilitationDec 2022Medium journal impact

Rehabilitation clinicians' perspectives of reactive balance training.

Physiotherapy JournalSep 2022Low journal impact

A systematic review on the effectiveness of perturbation-based balance training in postural control and gait in Parkinson's disease.

Journal of Biomechanics02/12/2020Medium journal impact

Improvement in trunk kinematics after treadmill-based reactive balance training among older adults is strongly associated with trunk kinematics before training.

Physiotherapy Research InternationalOct 2024Medium journal impact

Clinician acceptability of the ReacStep reactive balance training program for fall prevention.

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation29/09/2025Medium journal impact

Responses to untrained and unexpected balance perturbations following reactive balance training among people with chronic stroke: a feasibility study.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living16/08/2021Medium journal impact

Acute Effects of a Perturbation-Based Balance Training on Cognitive Performance in Healthy Older Adults: A Pilot Study.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living20/08/2021Medium journal impact

Perturbation-Based Balance Training Using Repeated Trips on a Walkway vs. Belt Accelerations on a Treadmill: A Cross-Over Randomised Controlled Trial in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living06/10/2022Medium journal impact

Perturbation-based balance training: Principles, mechanisms and implementation in clinical practice.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living12/10/2022Medium journal impact

Measures of falls efficacy, balance confidence, or balance recovery confidence for perturbation-based balance training.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living17/11/2022Medium journal impact

Improvements in spatiotemporal outcomes, but not in recruitment of automatic postural responses, are correlated with improved step quality following perturbation-based balance training in chronic stroke.

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living04/08/2026Medium journal impact

Validation of AI-based markerless gait event detection during perturbed walking using smartphone videos from two camera perspectives.

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