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Comparison Of Responses In Proactive Vs. Reactive Balance Control, Christina A. Sadowski, Deborah Espy

Undergraduate Research Posters 2012

Even though recent research suggests reactive balance training (unexpected, external perturbations) has more effective, long term results than proactive training (self-initiated actions), the latter is used most often in a clinical setting due to its affordability and convenience. This pilot study sought to develop a safe, affordable, and easily portable perturbation-inducing device to be used for reactive balance training.