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This next video should not be considered an endorsement. Creating reactive balance intervention strategies is fairly new in the physiotherapy industry. The best way to get ideas and to understand how to create such an intervention is to look within the market for examples. I consider this next product a reactive balance intervention because the physical therapist sets the type of perturbation and the speed. As you could see in the above video of myself providing perturbations, I am not able to standardize or necessarily easily adjust the type or amount of perturbation I am able to provide. This particular piece of equipment allows the clinician to adjust the intervention parameters for the patient.   
This next video should not be considered an endorsement. Creating reactive balance intervention strategies is fairly new in the physiotherapy industry. The best way to get ideas and to understand how to create such an intervention is to look within the market for examples. I consider this next product a reactive balance intervention because the physical therapist sets the type of perturbation and the speed. As you could see in the above video of myself providing perturbations, I am not able to standardize or necessarily easily adjust the type or amount of perturbation I am able to provide. This particular piece of equipment allows the clinician to adjust the intervention parameters for the patient.   
 
{{#ev:youtube|UKGCBf-9LaY}}<ref>Perry Dynamics. Proprio Reactive Balance System Demonstration. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGCBf-9LaY</ref>
== References  ==
== References  ==



Revision as of 23:30, 12 February 2019

Original Editor - Selena Horner

Top Contributors - Selena Horner, Kim Jackson and Lucinda hampton  

Description[edit | edit source]

Reactive Balance

The biggest goal when working with people who demonstrate unstable gait or fear of falling is to help them learn how to control their center of gravity. Traditionally the framework for interventions was viewed as incorporating static or dynamic balance interventions. When determining interventions to improve balance and stability, you can now begin to become more detailed in your thought processes. You can incorporate anticipatory adjustments in your balance intervention strategy. You can include reactive balance intervention strategies. Reactive balance is different than anticipatory adjustments because the patient is not aware and cannot plan for the upcoming situation. The patient's body has to immediately take action and react without any planning. [1]

Indication[edit | edit source]

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Clinical Presentation[edit | edit source]

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Resources[edit | edit source]

This is a study that includes a small n value for a randomized controlled trial comparing conventional balance training on a surface that is unstable but is targeted to have postural sway responses mainly involving the ankle joint (ankle strategies) to reactive balance training where the support surface is moved underneath the feet.[2]

One image in the above study really connected with me to help better understand what is meant by reactive balance training. As you can see, the support surface is moved underneath the person and the person has to respond to that perturbation.

Reactive Balance Training

When we begin talking about reactive balance intervention strategies, these types of strategies require some equipment in order to create a situation where the ground is moving under the feet. Let me first share a few of my own videos on various ways to provide reactive balance interventions.

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This next video should not be considered an endorsement. Creating reactive balance intervention strategies is fairly new in the physiotherapy industry. The best way to get ideas and to understand how to create such an intervention is to look within the market for examples. I consider this next product a reactive balance intervention because the physical therapist sets the type of perturbation and the speed. As you could see in the above video of myself providing perturbations, I am not able to standardize or necessarily easily adjust the type or amount of perturbation I am able to provide. This particular piece of equipment allows the clinician to adjust the intervention parameters for the patient.

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Freyler K, Gollhofer A, Colin R, Brüderlin U, Ritzmann R. Reactive Balance Control in Response to Perturbation in Unilateral Stance: Interaction Effects of Direction, Displacement and Velocity on Compensatory. Neuromuscular and Kinematic Responses. PLoS ONE 2015;12:0144529.
  2. Krause A, Freyler K, Gollhofer A, Stocker T, Bruederlin U, Colin R, Toepfer H, Ritzmann R. Neuromuscular and kinematic adaptation in response to reactive balance training–a randomized controlled study regarding fall prevention. Frontiers in Physiology. 2018;9:1075.
  3. Red Cedar Physical Therapy, LLC. 1st Time on Shuttle Balance. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM1eDrApucg
  4. Red Cedar Physical Therapy, LLC. Shuttle Balance: Close up Walking Up and Down Ramp. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Tbuv_i__0
  5. Red Cedar Physical Therapy, LLC. Shuttle Balance: Walk Across Platform. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plcyi5KvCl8
  6. Red Cedar Physical Therapy, LLC. Shuttle Balance: Shuttle Balance Perturbations. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbpeNiGwH5M
  7. Perry Dynamics. Proprio Reactive Balance System Demonstration. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGCBf-9LaY