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At the Balance and Falls Research Centre, our mission is to improve mobility, safety, and quality of life for people of all ages. To do this, we conduct rigorous research, develop evidence-based interventions, and share our findings openly so that clinicians, researchers, and communities everywhere can benefit.
As part of a research-focused centre, we rely on external support to sustain our work. Donations help us maintain our independence, continue long-term studies, and explore new ideas that advance our understanding of balance, movement, and fall prevention.
Every contribution—big or small—helps our team move closer to solutions that can genuinely change lives. Your support tells us that the work we do matters, and it encourages us to keep pushing forward.
If you would like to help us expand our research and reach more people, we invite you to make a donation today. Your generosity directly supports safer, healthier futures.
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Balance and Falls Research Centre
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Our Research Cluster is crucial for developing new tools, therapeutic interventions and technologies to reduce the likelihood and impact of balance instability and falls.
Our team has developed one of the most comprehensive collections of cutting-edge balance measurement tools and techniques. Few other research groups have the capacity and expertise to study balance from the single-motor unit and primary sensory afferent level, all the way to whole-body postural responses, and measure all aspects of human balance control. Our research is focused on the following 3 areas:
1. HEALTHY BALANCE CONTROL
To understand why and how people fall, it is important to firstly understand what the mechanisms are behind maintaining healthy balance. This involves testing healthy subjects without any balance disorders and examining the factors contributing to maintaining an upright posture.
2. MECHANISMS OF BALANCE CONTROL
What happens to disrupt the mechanisms controlling balance in people suffering from balance disorders? This is the question we ask when we compare healthy subjects with those experiencing conditions leading to balance deficits. Our research focuses on those with Parkinson's disease, stroke, MS, vestibular loss, traumatic brain injury, arthritis, as well as older adults.
3. BALANCE IMPROVEMENT & FALL PREVENTION
Using our knowledge gained from studying the mechanisms and components of maintaining healthy balance and the factors at play to disrupt the balance system in those with disorders, we can develop tools and treatments to prevent falls including wearable technologies and techniques such as exercise and training strategies.
