ReviewJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2018
What are the health benefits of muscle and bone strengthening and balance activities across life stages and specific health outcomes?
Review in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Balance and proprioception impairment, assessment tools, and rehabilitation training in patients with total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of a home-based resistance training programme on body composition and muscle function during weight loss in people living with overweight or obesity: a randomised controlled pilot trial.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- Relationship of Lifespan Physical Activity Engagement With Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Adults: A Retrospective Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Explanatory AI Predicts the Diet Adopted Based on Nutritional and Lifestyle Habits in the Spanish Population.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Can Older Adult Patients with Hip Fractures Have Their Discharge Destination Predicted by Physical Performance Measures?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Qualitative study of practices and attitudes towards physical activity among prediabetic men and women in urban and rural Malawi.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A qualitative exploration of English black adults' views of strength and balance activities in mid-life.BMC public health · 2022Article
- An Individualized Exercise Intervention for People with Multiple Myeloma-Study Protocol of a Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Who is meeting the strengthening physical activity guidelines by definition: A cross-sectional study of 253 423 English adults?PloS one · 2022Article
- Co-Creating Recommendations to Redesign and Promote Strength and Balance Service Provision.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Effects of a falls exercise intervention on strength, power, functional ability and bone in older frequent fallers: FaME (Falls Management Exercise) RCT secondary analysis.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2019Article
- Physical Function and Survival in Older Adults: A longitudinal study accounting for time-varying effects.Archives of gerontology and geriatricsArticle
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Many activities of daily living require muscular strength and power as well as balance. Consequently, preserving musculoskeletal function is a prerequisite for maintaining mobility and independent living during ageing. Estimates suggest that the prevalence of physical activity guidelines for strength and balance is low. Review of reviews of: a) observation studies of the prospective association between measures of musculoskeletal fitness and health outcomes and b) randomised controlled trials of resistance, balance and skeletal impact training exercises on bone health, risk of falls, physical function, motor and cognitive function, quality of life and activities of daily living. Preserving muscular strength/power in middle and older age is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Impaired muscular strength/power and balance is associated with an increased risk of falls and lower bone mineral content. Regular supervised exercise incorporating high intensity resistance training, vertical impacts and a balance challenge are most likely to be beneficial to health and wellbeing, bone health and reduce the risks of falls. Adults in late middle and older age would benefit from a regular program of exercise that incorporates high intensity resistance training, impact exercises and balance challenges.
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