Maintaining balance in elderly fallers : novel aspects of postural balance measures in elderly

At first in this thesis, an intervention programme was tested for the effect on the risk of falling in a population of elderly. The aim of the study was to investigate if exercise, combined with protein intake and calcium/vitamin D supplementation would have a larger effect on the risk of falling and postural balance outcomes than calcium/vitamin D supplementation only. An observational performance test (risk of falling) and performance measurements (force platform) were used as outcome measures.
The results of this study were a reduced risk of falling and less falls within the intervention group but no change of variables of the force platform. Based on this contrary result, the following questions were raised:
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Was the test postural balance measurement protocol not challenging enough to detect any balance deficits?
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Are force platform test sensitive enough to detect any change - in a normal and in a challenging situation?
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Are these force platform test protocols able to predict any fall - in a normal and in a challenging situation?
d)
What is the relation of postural stability and challenging measurement environment?

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