This study was funded by ZonMw, the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (60-61900-98-300). The
authors would like to thank the following people for their participation in the study and collaboration: all participants,
physiotherapists Guy Carlens and Sandra van Krieken from the nursing home De Riethorst Stromenland, physiotherapist Kim
van Venrooij from the nursing home Sevagram, nurse practitioner Sylvia Damen from Orbis Medical Center, Simone Gerono
and exercise instructors from Huis voor de Sport, and Jan van Riet from Nederweert Vitaal. In addition, we would like to thank
David Hewson from the Université de Technology de Troyes for providing us with the equipment that was needed for performing
balance tests with the modified bathroom scale