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placebo control group

placebo control group A placebo control group is a comparison group in a study that does activities intended to seem like the real training or intervention but that are not the specific skill training being tested.

A placebo control group is a comparison group in a study that does activities intended to seem like the real training or intervention but that are not the specific skill training being tested. In this source, it involved non-task-specific balance exercises used to compare against fall-resisting skills training.

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Drafting source: van der Hulst Elisabeth G.; Meijer Kenneth; Meyns Pieter; McCrum Christopher. Design considerations for technology-assisted fall-resisting skills training trials in older adults: A pilot and feasibility study. 2026; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0345798; article XML SHA-256 c82ae34753506505e37f5e457ddf72c75743be0bf45367854e8b684bef17bec5. “Design considerations for technology-assisted fall-resisting skills training trials in older adults: A pilot and feasibility study” (10.1371/journal.pone.0345798).
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