By Scientia Professor Stephen Lord

Preprints

Sharma S; Chaplin C; Hicks C; Treacy D; Farlie M; Phu S; Smith N; Gibson H; Ho C; Coleman E; Huang T; Canning CG; Allen NE; Close JT; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2026, Effects of the ‘Reac Step’ training program on balance recovery and fall risk factors in older people: An assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.18.26346028

Hirase T; Nishimura A; Kato Y; Ishizaka N; Hasegawa N; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2025, Inter-rater reliability of the instrumented lean-and-release (iLEAN) test for manual assessment of reactive balance: A pilot study in simulated older adults, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.10.25335475

Unverzagt ME; Schooten K; McCrum C; Close J; Brodaty H; Sachdev P; Lord S; Delbaere K, 2025, Substantial Falls Increase Concern About Falling: a 12-Month Longitudinal Cohort Study Running title: Understanding the Development of Concerns About Falling in Older Adults, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7830071/v1

Ho C; Huang T; Cheung D; Hicks C; Treacy D; Farlie MK; Lam FMH; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2023, Clinician Acceptability of the ReacStep Reactive Balance Training Program for Fall Prevention, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4546614

Jung D; Sturnieks DL; McDonald KA; Song PYH; Davis MK; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2023, Treadmill Belt Accelerations Do Not Replicate Kinematic Responses to Trips on a Walkway in Older People, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4432392

Lo C; Brodie M; Tsang W; Lord S; Yan C-H; Wong A, 2020, Pain, balance and mobility in people one year after total knee arthroplasty: A pilot cross-sectional study contrasting posterior-stabilized and medial-pivot designs, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-26069/v1

Lam T; Cheema B; Hayden A; Lord SR; Gurney H; Gounden S; Reddy N; Shahidipour H; Read S; Stone G; McLean M; Birzniece V, 2020, Prevention of the adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer using a 12-month home-based progressive resistance training program: a randomised controlled study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.19495/v2

Lo C; Brodie M; Tsang W; Lord S; Yan C-H; Wong A, 2020, Pain, balance and mobility in people one year after total knee arthroplasty: A non-randomized cross-sectional pilot study contrasting posterior-stabilized and medial-pivot designs, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-26069/v2

Lam T; Cheema B; Hayden A; Lord SR; Gurney H; Gounden S; Reddy N; Shahidipour H; Read S; Stone G; McLean M; Birzniece V, 2019, Prevention of the adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer using a 12-month home-based progressive resistance training program: a randomised controlled study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.19495/v1

Sturnieks DL; Menant J; Lord SR, A 12‐month randomised controlled trial of cognitive and cognitive‐motor training for preventing falls in community‐dwelling older people., http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/72fuz

Alberto SN; Ansai JH; Janducci AL; Florido JVB; Novaes ADC; Caetano MJD; Rossi PG; Tavares LRC; Lord SR; Gramani-Say K, A Case Management Program at Home to Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults (the MAGIC Study): Protocol for a Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.34796

Valenzuela T; Razee H; Schoene D; Lord SR; Delbaere K, An Interactive Home-Based Cognitive-Motor Step Training Program to Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults: Qualitative Descriptive Study of Older Adults’ Experiences and Requirements (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.11975

Baggen RJ; van Schooten KS; Van Roie E; Verschueren SM; Delecluse C; Delbaere K; Lord SR; van Dieën JH, Bench-stepping training improves stair-walking dynamics in older women: evidence from an exploratory nonlinear kinematic analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.02.26357116

He Y; Dong Y; Brodie MA; Kim J; Lord SR; Okubo Y, Data-driven calibration of low-cost wearable motion trackers for gait and dynamic stability measurement, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.13.26357919

Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Sturnieks DL; Hicks C; Carter H; Toson B; Lord SR, Exposure to unpredictable trips and slips while walking can improve balance recovery responses with minimum predictive gait alterations, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/333989

Sharma S; Szabo I-Z; Danielsen MB; Andersen S; Nørgaard JE; Lord SR; Okubo Y; Jørgensen MG, Perturbation-Based Balance Training Reduces Falls and Fall Injuries in Older People: Insights on Mechanisms and Optimal Training Parameters from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.23.25331962

Okubo Y; Phu S; Chaplin C; Hicks C; Coleman E; Humburg P; Martinez PS; Lord SR, Perturbation-based balance training using trips and slips can reduce fall injuries in older adults: The SafeTrip randomised controlled trial, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.20.26346756

McCrum C; Bhatt T; Gerards M; Karamanidis K; Rogers M; Lord SR; Okubo Y, Perturbation-based Balance Training: Principles, Mechanisms and Implementation in Clinical Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/u8fsb

Hicks CJ; Levinger P; Menant JC; Lord SR; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Sturnieks DL, Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.12970/v3

Hicks C; Smith N; Ratanapongleka M; Menant J; Turner J; Lo J; Garcia J; Valenzuela M; Chaplin C; Delbaere K; Herber R; Sherrington C; Toson B; Lord S; Sturnieks D, smart±step exergame and seated computer brain training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a 12-month randomised controlled trial., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2852524/v1

He Y; Brodie MA; Kim J; Humburg P; Lord SR; Okubo Y, Validation of the HTC VIVE Ultimate Trackers Compared with the Vicon Motion Capture System at Slow, Moderate and Fast Gait Speeds, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6989733/v1

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