title: A Novel Device to Preserve Physical Activities of Daily Living in Healthy Older People.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effectiveness of exercise in improving sensorimotor function and functional performance, crucial parts of activities of daily living in healthy older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  RCT.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  39 subjects (M = 71.8 years, range: 61-89 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  Task-oriented visual feedback balance training.
  
  
  METHODS
  Timed Up & Go (TUG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Chair stand test (CST), self-paced walk test, maximum isometric torque, quiet stand posturography, and dynamic balance (DB).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postintervention comparison of the treatment group (TG) and control group (CG) showed better TUG (p < .01), CST (p < .001), and DB (p < .025) for the TG. Pre-post intervention comparison of the TG showed better clinically-relevant outcomes in TUG (p < .001), CST (p < .001), and DB (p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Active driven visual feedback balance training is effective in improving functional performance and dynamic balance in older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haslinger
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Nejc
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarabon
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raschner
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Löfler
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires