SynthesisPeerJ2025
Effects of exercise intervention on falls and balance function in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exercise and nutritional interventions for sarcopenia-related fall prevention in older adults: An umbrella review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Multisensory Integration Training on Postural Stability Characteristics and Fall Risk in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR aging · 2026Pooled it
- Functional Sensorimotor-Based Training for Balance and Gait Enhancement in Sedentary Older Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Theoretical Perspectives on Balance Training and the Gut-Muscle-Brain Axis in Aging.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Rating scales to inform balance exercise difficulty during rehabilitation for individuals with neurological disorders.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: To systematically review the effects of an exercise intervention on falls and balance function in older adults (aged > 60 years) without diagnosed diseases. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and CNKI databases were searched for randomized controlled trials about exercise intervention on falls and balance function in older adults. Use Review Manager 5.4 to test the risk bias in the included literature, and use Stata17 for publication bias test, sensitivity analysis, combining effect sizes, forest plots, and subgroup analysis. Results: A total of 37 randomized controlled trials were included, and meta-analysis showed that after the exercise intervention in the intervention group, there was a significant increase in the Modified Fall Efficacy Scale (MFES) score (g = 1.01, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.63-1.40], Conclusion: Exercise intervention can enhance fall efficacy, reduce the number of falls, and improve balance function in older adults, and have a certain preventive effect on falls. Single exercise time, exercise frequency and exercise cycle are important factors affecting the effectiveness of exercise intervention. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42024590937.
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