SynthesisScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2025
Relationship Between Force Steadiness and Functionality in Older Adults: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.
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Abstract
The relevance of force steadiness (FS) in relation to task performance remains unclear. This systematic review with meta-analysis examines the strength of the relationship between FS and the physical task performance aspect of functionality in older adults, focusing on both upper and lower limbs. We conducted a comprehensive search across databases, including MEDLINE, Ovid, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science, up to February 2024. We included correlations from observational or longitudinal studies that provided objective measures of task performance in both healthy and unhealthy older adults. A meta-analysis with robust variance estimation was performed to account for dependencies among effect sizes. Of 1293 studies screened, 21 met the inclusion criteria and 15 contributed data to the meta-analysis. Our findings revealed a moderate, statistically significant relationship between FS and task performance in the upper limbs (r = 0.58, 95% CI [0.49-0.65], p < 0.01) with negligible heterogeneity (I
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