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SynthesisFrontiers in public health2023

Effectiveness of exercise interventions on fall prevention in ambulatory community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.

Munseef Sadaqa, Zsanett Németh, Alexandra Makai, Viktória Prémusz, Márta Hock

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06750237 (Effects of Balance Training Exercises Using Unstable and Stable Surfaces on Fall Risk Among Elderly Females), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

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NCT06750237 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Balance Training Exercises Using Unstable and Stable Surfaces on Fall Risk Among Elderly Females

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled36ConditionsElderly FemalesArmsStable surface and Isometrics, Unstable surface and isometrics
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of exercise on bone-related outcomes in patients with cancer affected by bone metastases or bone loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Munseef SadaqaFaculty of Health Sciences, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Zsanett NémethFaculty of Health Sciences, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Alexandra MakaiFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Viktória PrémuszFaculty of Health Sciences, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Márta HockFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
University of Pecs · HU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To present a systematic review of randomized controlled trials which summarizes the effects of community-based resistance, balance, and multi-component exercise interventions on the parameters of functional ability (e.g., lower extremities muscle strength, balance performance and mobility). Methods: This PROSPERO-registered systematic review (registration no. CRD42023434808) followed the PRISMA guidelines. Literature search was conducted in Cochrane, Embase, Ovid Medline, PEDro, Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science. We included RCTs that investigated the following interventions: lower extremity strengthening, balance and multi-component exercise interventions on ambulatory community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 years. Results: Lower extremity strengthening exercises revealed significant effects on the strength of lower extremity, balance outcomes and mobility. Balance exercises reduce the rate of injurious falls, improve static, dynamic and reactive balance, lower extremity strength as well as mobility. Multi-component exercise training reduces medically-attended injurious falls and fallers, incidence of falls, fall-related emergency department visits as well as improves mobility, balance, and lower extremity strength. Conclusion: Physical exercises are effective in improving the components of balance, lower extremity strength, mobility, and reducing falls and fall-related injuries. Further research on fall prevention in low-income countries as well as for older adults in vulnerable context is needed.

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Accidental FallsIndependent LivingActivities of Daily LivingAgedEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TherapyHumansbalanceexercisefallmulti-componentolder adultsstrength

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PMID37601180
PMCPMC10435089
OpenAlexW4385548177

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