ReviewJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2018
Enablers and barriers to older people's participation in strength and balance activities: A review of reviews.
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 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Motivational Factors and Barriers Towards Initiating and Maintaining Strength Training in Women: a Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Pooled it
- Strength-Cognitive Training: A Systemic Review in Adults and Older Adults, and Guidelines to Promote "Strength Exergaming" Innovations.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- A 4-Week Mobile App-Based Telerehabilitation Program vs Conventional In-Person Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Sarcopenia: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- The REtirement in ACTion exercise programme and its effects on elements of long term functionality in older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- A Quasi-Experimental Study on the Effect of an Outdoor Physical Activity Program on the Well-Being of Older Chinese People in Hong Kong.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of remote ischemic conditioning combined with low-intensity resistance training in older adults with mobility impairments: A randomized controlled pilot trial protocol.Experimental gerontology · 2026Article
- Co-Contraction Training Induces Muscle Hypertrophy but Not Strength Gains in Older Adults: A Controlled Intervention Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Designing an mHealth App to Encourage Uptake of Muscle-Strengthening Exercise in Older Adults: Co-Design Focus Group Study.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of a Perception, Attitude, and Practice of Physical Activity to Support Personalized Physical Activity Promotion Among U.S. Older Adults.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Muscle strengthening activities: cross-sectional associations with skeletal muscle outcomes in adults aged 50-64 and 65 years and above.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- How women engage in muscle-strengthening exercises: a qualitative study from the WISH project.BMC public health · 2026Article
- 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
- Associations of a previous diagnosis of cancer and/or cardiovascular disease with current physical activity levels in Korean adults.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Umbrella review of social inequality in digital interventions targeting dietary and physical activity behaviors.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Interest in Weight Loss Methods Among Adults and Its Predictors: Sociodemographic Factors, Anthropometric Parameters, and Physical Activity.International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- "I value it, but someone should do it": fitness staff's perspectives on task-oriented resistance exercise in retirement communities.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about balance among adults in the United States.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Interest in brief resistance training workouts among older US adults with and without mobility disability.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis review sought to investigate the question:
methodsA search of PubMed for review-level evidence on professional and personal barriers and motivators for strength and balance activities among older people.
resultsThe search and expert consultation found 46 studies; after screening, twelve papers were included. Many of the barriers and motivators to strength and balance activities are familiar ones that can also apply to physical activity more generally, such as not having the time. More specific barriers to strength and balance activities for older people were perceived risk of a heart attack, stroke, or death, and fear of looking too muscular; with motivators being improved ability to complete daily activities, preventing deterioration and disability, and decreasing the risk or fear of falling.
conclusionsThis review of reviews has found a small but consistent body of literature describing the motivators and barriers to older adults taking part in strength and balance activities. This may be used as the basis for planning and delivering physical activity programmes for older adults.
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