Postural Control Measures in Randomized Controlled Trials for Older Adults Balance: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Romain Pichon, Jeremy Enez, Kathryn M Sibley, Benjamin Landre, Karim Jamal

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Article in Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Romain PichonDepartment of Research, Institut de formation en Pédicurie-podologie, Ergothérapie et masso-Kinésithérapie (IFPEK), Rennes, France.

Jeremy EnezDepartment of Research, Institut de formation en Pédicurie-podologie, Ergothérapie et masso-Kinésithérapie (IFPEK), Rennes, France.

Kathryn M SibleyDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Benjamin LandreEpidemiology of Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases, CRESS, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1153, Paris, France.

Karim JamalDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France.

Funding

Institut de Formation en Pédicure-podologie, Ergothérapie et Kinésithérapie

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this work was to identify and characterize the measures employed for assessing postural control in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of balance interventions in older adults with the reference to the Systems Framework for Postural Control. A scoping review was conducted, and RCTs of balance interventions in older adults published from 2013 to March 2023 were considered for inclusion. Two hundred and seventy-one studies were included with a total of 49 different measures used; the Timed Up and Go test being the most commonly employed. The median number of components of postural control assessed per study was five. The most frequently assessed components were motor systems and static stability, while reactive postural control, cognitive influences and verticality were the least frequently assessed. Postural control in RCTs of balance in older adults was assessed using a wide range of measures, but also from the perspective of a limited number of components.

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Postural BalanceRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overGeriatric AssessmentHumansAgedHealth care outcome assessmentPostural balance

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PMID41025272

DOI10.4235/agmr.25.0019

PMCPMC12489596

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