Some 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) every year. The American Institute of Neurology estimates there are one million people affected with this neurodegenerative ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - With a special training program, elderly people can learn better balance control, which may lessen their risk of falling, according to a new report. Sign up here. Doctors ...

Falls represent a major cause of injury and loss of independence in older adults. Recent advances in balance training have focussed on perturbation‐based methods that challenge the neuromuscular ...

Maintaining balance and posture is quite a complex skill, even though it comes naturally to most people. However, postural control tends to worsen with age due to various reasons, such as muscle ...

Scientists develop an innovative device to help older individuals train their posture control, minimizing the risk of falls and associated injuries. Balance training using a wearable device to improve ...

(Left) Pneumatic artificial muscles in the wearable device generate small disturbances. By holding a posture against these disturbances, a user can improve their reactive postural control. (Right) ...