Introduction
Falls annually affect one in three adults over 65 years [Balance training is reported to effectively improve balance control and reduce fall rates in older adults by approximately 24% [In recent years, perturbation-based balance training (PBT) has gained increasing interest as an intervention which is more task-specific to the recovery actions needed to prevent falls from unexpected balance perturbations. PBT aims to improve reactive balance by repeatedly exposing participants to destabilizing perturbations in a safe and controlled environment. Results from two meta-analyses indicate that PBT can significantly reduce daily-life fall rates by 46% and 52%, respectively [While current studies report promising results of PBT, they are heterogeneous in terms of training parameters, study populations, and outcomes. Further study is required to help develop effective training protocols that are tolerable and acceptable to the target population. To build upon the literature, this study will address some previous identified challenges of PBT. Firstly, studies have suggested that PBT training effects may be limited to the specific condition that was trained [In this study, we evaluate the additive effects of a three-session PBT protocol [