ReviewEuropean review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity2025
Effects of digital physical activity interventions on muscle mechanical function in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of digital multimodal interventions on objectively measured physical activity in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Pilates and AR/VR-based and other technology-assisted exercise for balance and postural control in older-adult and aging-related rehabilitation contexts: a systematic review and exploratory network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Physical exercise for prevention of dementia study: a 48-month randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in aging · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of digital health exercise interventions on muscle function and physical performance in older adults with possible, confirmed, or severe sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2026Review
- The Benefits of a Digital Exercise Intervention for Older Adults: Findings From the Fittle Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Digital-based physical activity interventions implemented across the League of Arab States: a scoping review.Oxford open digital health · 2025Review
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Abstract
aimTo investigate the effect of digital exercise interventions on muscle mechanical function in community-dwelling older adults aged 60 and above.
methodsSystematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE (Ovid), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science until end of March 2024. The Cochrane RoB2.0 tool and GRADE were employed for quality assessment. We performed meta-analysis using random-effects model and sub-group and meta-regression analyses to investigate the robustness of the findings. GRADE was used to assess the overall certainty of the evidence.
resultsThirty RCTs, comprising 1697 participants with a mean age of 71.27 years, were included in the data analysis. The meta-analysis revealed a significant overall effect of technology-based physical activity intervention on muscle mechanical function (Hedge's g = 0.27, p = < 0.001). In the sub-analysis, 18 studies focused on interactive interventions on handgrip strength (SMD 0.10, 95% CI -0.17 to 0.38) and leg strength (SMD 0.56, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.93). The overall certainty of the evidence was deemed low.
conclusionDigital interventions focusing on physical activity interventions have generally shown small but significant improvements in older adults. Interactive and semi-interactive interventions were effective, while passive ones were not.
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