Measures of Postural Stability Are Not Predictors of Recovery from Large Postural Disturbances in Healthy Older Adults

OBJECTIVES: To determine, in healthy older adults, the relationship between postural steadiness, stability limits, and the ability to recover balance from three postural disturbances requiring anteriorly directed stepping responses.

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