School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Canada. heidene@mcmaster.ca.
Background and Aims: Programs designed to improve balance in older adults may function by improving general fitness (strength, endurance, range of motion) and also changing the attentional demands of postural control. Research in previously sedentary older adults cannot differentiate between changes in balance ability resulting from improved fitness or reduced attentional demands. A training program of games-based balance biofeedback was given to nine older adults with previous exercise experience.
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