ArticleCurrent translational geriatrics and experimental gerontology reports2013
Interventions to Improve Walking in Older Adults.
Article in Current translational geriatrics and experimental gerontology reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Exercise Training on the Metabolic Cost of Walking in Health and Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of Treadmill Training on Balance and Fall Risks in the Elderly: A Systematic Review."F1000Research · 2024Pooled it
- The Importance of Activating Factors in Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults Using Information and Communication Technologies: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Three Types of Exercise Interventions on Healthy Old Adults' Gait Speed: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Pooled it
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- Effects of a Physical Therapist Intervention on GPS Indicators of Community Mobility in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Physical therapy · 2023Trial
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- Effect of Timing and Coordination Training on Mobility and Physical Activity Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Reducing the energy cost of walking in older adults using a passive hip flexion device.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- Gait performance and foot pressure distribution during wearable robot-assisted gait in elderly adults.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2017Trial
- Progressive multi-component home-based physical therapy for deconditioned older adults following acute hospitalization: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Improving motor control in walking: a randomized clinical trial in older adults with subclinical walking difficulty.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2015Trial
- Physical activity and exercise in dementia: clinical relevance and emerging insights.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Review
- Data-Driven Phenotyping from Foot-Mounted IMU Waveforms: Elucidating Phenotype-Specific Fall Mechanisms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with physical inactivity among older persons in Malaysia: Findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of an Online Mobility Self-Management Program on Walking Speed in Older Adults With Preclinical Mobility Limitation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- The Effects of Real-Time Haptic Feedback on Gait and Cognitive Load in Older Adults.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2025Article
- Overview of Effects of Motor Learning Strategies in Neurologic and Geriatric Populations: A Systematic Mapping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2024Review
- Changes in Lower-Extremity Gait Biomechanics Following High-Cadence Cycling.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Interventions to improve walking in older adults have historically been multifactorial (i.e. strengthening, endurance and flexibility programs) focusing on improving the underlying impairments. These impairment-based programs have resulted in only modest improvements in walking. In older adults, walking is slow, less stable, inefficient, and the timing and coordination of stepping with postures and phases of gait is poor. We argue the timing and coordination problems are evidence of the loss of motor skill in walking. Taking a lesson from the sports world and from neurorehabilitation, task-oriented motor learning exercise is an essential component of training to improve motor skill and may be a beneficial approach to improving walking in older adults. In this article we: 1) briefly review the current literature regarding impairment-based interventions for improving mobility, 2) discuss why the results have been only modest, and 3) suggest an alternative approach to intervention (i.e. task oriented motor learning).
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