Trial reportWork (Reading, Mass.)2017
The effects of physical training without equipment on pain perception and balance in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Work (Reading, Mass.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Physical activity programs for balance and fall prevention in elderly: A systematic review.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Perception-Based Methods and Beyond: A Current Opinion on How to Assess Static Stretching Intensity.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Relationship between triglyceride-glucose index and cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults: a population-based cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- The Effects of Physical Exercise on Balance and Prevention of Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Postural control and balance in a cohort of healthy people living in Europe: An observational study.Medicine · 2018Observational
- Stochastic Resonance Training Improves Balance and Musculoskeletal Well-Being in Office Workers: A Controlled Preventive Intervention Study.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2018Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundResearch supports a link between exercise and falls prevention in the older population.
objectivesOur aims were to evaluate pain perception and balance skills in a group of elderly subjects and to examine the consequences of a standardized equipment-free exercise program intervention on these variables. The study utilized a randomized controlled trial method.
methods92 subjects were recruited from a rural Sicilian village (Resuttano, Sicily, Italy). Subjects were randomly split into two groups, an experimental group (EG; n = 49) and a control group (CG; n = 43). Qualified fitness instructors delivered the standardized physical exercise program for the EG whilst the CG did not receive this exercise intervention. The Berg Balance Scale and the Oswestry Disability Index were administered in both groups before (T0) and after the intervention (T1).
resultsAt T1, the EG group significantly improvement in balance (p < 0.0001) and pain perception (p < 0.0001). No significant differences were found within the CG both in BBS and ODI, respectively.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that a 13-weeks standardized exercise equipment-free program is effective in improving balance and perception of pain in the elderly. This type of intervention can consequently provide a low cost strategy to counteract the rate of disability in elderly.
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