Discussion
In this trial of a 4-session treadmill PBT intervention, there was not a statistically significant decrease in daily-life fall rates among community-dwelling older adults compared with those in the control group. There was, however, a significant reduction in laboratory fall rates associated with PBT.The significant decrease in laboratory fall rates found in this study aligns with results of previous PBT studies.Of the 4 RCTs with a primary aim of investigating the effects of PBT on daily-life falls,While treadmill PBT did not show significant decreases in daily-life falls, overground PBT may be more effective.