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ArticlePeerJ2020

Agility-based exercise training compared to traditional strength and balance training in older adults: a pilot randomized trial.

Eric Lichtenstein, Mareike Morat, Ralf Roth, Lars Donath, Oliver Faude

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06457308 (Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06457308 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

TypeinterventionalSponsorTainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and WelfareRan2021 to 2022Enrolled51ConditionsPostmenopausal Osteoporosis, Agility Exercise, Physical Function, Balance StabilityArmsPhysical training of agility, Physical training of resistance
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Agility training to integratively promote neuromuscular, cardiorespiratory and cognitive function in healthy older adults: a one-year randomized-controlled trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2023
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  16. Effects of multimodal agility-like exercise training compared to inactive controls and alternative training on physical performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric LichtensteinDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Mareike MoratDepartment of Intervention Research in Exercise Training, Institute of Training and Computer Science in Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Ralf RothDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Lars DonathDepartment of Intervention Research in Exercise Training, Institute of Training and Computer Science in Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Oliver FaudeDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CHGerman Sport University Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn addition to generally high levels of physical activity, multi-component exercise training is recommended for the maintenance of health and fitness in older adults, including the prevention of falls and frailty. This training often encompasses serial sequencing of balance, strength, endurance and other types of exercise. Exercise training featuring integrative training of these components (i.e. agility training) has been proposed, as it more likely reflects real life challenges like stop-and-go patterns, cutting manoeuvers, turns and decision-making. In this study, we compared the efficacy of an agility-based training to the traditional strength and balance training approach with regard to selected risk factors for falls and frailty.

methodsWe trained twenty-seven community-dwelling healthy seniors (16♂; 11♀; age: 69.5 ± 5.3 y; BMI: 26.4 ± 3.7 kg/m

resultsSmall ES in favor of AGI were found for plantar flexion strength (ES > 0.18[-0.27;0.89]) and RTD (ES > 0.43[-0.19;1.36]) as well as trunk extension RTD (ES = 0.35[-0.05;0.75]). No other parameters showed notable between group differences. Compliance was high in both groups (AGI: 90 ± 8% of sessions; TSB: 91 ± 7% of sessions). DISCUSSION: Agility-based exercise training seems at least as efficacious as traditional strength and balance training in affecting selected physical performance indicators among community-dwelling healthy seniors. In particular, lower limb and trunk extension explosive strength seem to benefit from the agility training.

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Agility trainingDynapeniaExercise trainingExplosive strengthFall preventionFrailtyHealthy ageingMulti-component trainingOld ageStrength and balance

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PMID32328344
PMCPMC7164429
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