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Fig. 6

From: The ability to increase the base of support and recover stability is limited in its generalisation for different balance perturbation tasks

Fig. 6

A Base of support (BoS) and B margin of stability (MoS) during tripping task (TRM). Data is shown for baseline walking (Baseline), for touchdown (TD) at perturbation (Pert) as well as for the 6 recovery steps following the perturbation (RECO1-RECO6), in young (n = 12), middle-aged (n = 21) and older adults (n = 11). Values are presented as means with SD error bars. a: old significantly different to young (0.001 < p < 0.008); b: old significantly different to middle-aged (p = 0.011); c: middle-aged significantly different to young (p = 0.013); *: significant different BoS (first three recovery steps) and MoS (first four recovery steps) when comparing two consecutive steps (p < 0.001)

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European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

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