Tai Chi reduced mobility-test time by 2.52 seconds more than health education plus home exercise at 12 weeks.Tai Chi reduced mobility-test time by 2.52 seconds more than health education plus home exercise at 12 weeks.

Knee joints and leg muscles show a bent dark blue-green leg beside a straighter gray leg, with figures exercising and walking near a chair.

Randomized trial · 96 peopleTai chi

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Frontiers in PhysiologyOct 18

Bilateral lower-limb asymmetry and phase-specific trunk acceleration during the Timed Up and Go in older women: an analysis based on muscle morphology and antagonist coactivation

Scatter plots of the six correlations between asymmetry indices and anteroposterior trunk acceleration RMS (RMSAP) that reached uncorrected significance (p < 0.05).

Cross-sectional study of 27 peopleTimed Up-and-Go

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Saturday, October 10

Chinese Journal of GerontologyOct 10

Effects and dose-response relationships of different duration ratios of aerobic and progressive resistance training on multidimensional function in older adults with frailty syndrome

Randomized trial in 120 peopleCombined aerobic and resistance training

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Chinese Journal of Multiple Organ Diseases in the ElderlyOct 10

Correlation between mild cognitive impairment and motor ability in elderly patients with coronary heart disease complicated with atrial fibrillation

Cross-sectional study of 110 peopleMild cognitive impairment

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Thursday, October 8

Frontiers in Public HealthOct 8

Associations of spirometric z-scores with mobility, endurance-related performance, and functional lower-limb strength in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

Cross-sectional study of 141 peopleBiomarkers

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Tuesday, October 6

EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health ScienceOct 6

EFFECT OF FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM ON CONFIDENCE IN ELDERLY PATIENT

Non-randomized trial in 30 peopleInterventions

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Monday, September 21

Journal of Yeungnam Medical ScienceSep 21

Association of combined mobility and cognitive impairments with adverse health outcomes in adults aged 66 years: a nationwide cohort study

Cohort study of 741,655 peopleBiomarkers

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Friday, September 18

PLOS OneSep 18

Effects of basic and dual-task training programs on physical function in Parkinson's disease: The PARKEX study

CONSORT flow diagram showing participant flow through the three study arms: BPT, BPT + FE, and control.

Randomized trial in 24 peopleParkinson's disease

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Tuesday, September 15

Journal of Clinical MedicineSep 15

TUG-Defined Mobility Impairment and Physical Performance in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Proportion of participants exceeding Timed Up and Go thresholds between 7 and 14 s, plotted at 0.5 s increments with Wilson 95% confidence intervals (shaded).

Cross-sectional study in peopleType 2 diabetes

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Sunday, September 6

Research SquareSep 6

Exploring Self-Perception Bias of Fall Risk and Its Influencing Factors in Older Adults

Feature importance weights derived from the Random Forest model (SHAP values).

Preprint: cross-sectional study of 8,195 peoplePopulations

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Thursday, September 3

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue BanSep 3

Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscle Strength and Physical Function in Older Adults With Sarcopenia

Randomized trial in 40 peopleBlood flow restriction training

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Monday, August 31

Acta BalneologicaAug 31

Exergaming in the comprehensive rehabilitation of patients with cerebral small vessel disease

Randomized trial in 64 peopleExergaming

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Friday, August 28

Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAug 28

Virtual reality improved walking more in Parkinson disease

A randomized trial in 50 older adults compared 12 weeks of virtual reality walking training with aquatic Tai Chi, finding greater gains with virtual reality.A randomized trial in 50 older adults compared 12 weeks of virtual reality walking training with aquatic Tai Chi, finding greater gains with virtual reality.