TABLE 3.

Study characteristics.

Reference	Intervention	Data collection	Population	Sample size (n)	Setting	Analysis	Measure
Álvarez‐Barbosa et al. (2014)	whole‐body vibration (WBV) therapy	baseline 8 weeks (follow‐up)	nursing home residents 80+	n = 29intervention group n = 15control group n = 14	nursing home	Shapiro–Wilk test Mann–Whitney U test chi‐square analysis Wilcoxon test Friedman test	functional mobility: Timed Up and Go test (TUG) lower limb performance: 30‐s Chair Sit‐to‐Stand test (30‐s CSTS) postural stability: force platform functional dependence: Barthel Index health‐related quality of life: EuroQol (EQ‐5D)
Bell et al. (2011)	Nintendo Wii bowling	baseline 8 weeks (completion of intervention)	people aged 65 years and older	n = 21	assisted living	Wilcoxon signed‐rank test Repeated‐measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) nonparametric statistical methods	quality of life: Pleasure subscale of the Control, Autonomy, Self‐Realization and Pleasure‐19 (CASP‐19) social relationship and social support: Social Provisions Scale (SPA) Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (M‐FES)
Hewitt et al. (2018)	progressive resistance (sunbeam programme) and balance training	baseline 6 months 12 months (follow‐up Please clarify the meaning of the phrase, “baseline 6 months 12 months” in table 2.")	residents of elder care facilities	n = 221	elder care facilities	negative binomial regression linear regression models Hedges' postestimation of Cohen's d	rate of falls physical performance: short physical performance battery quality of life: 36‐item Short‐Form Health Survey functional mobility: the University of Alabama Life Space Assessment of fear of falling: Falls Efficacy Scale International cognition: Addenbrooke's Cognitive Evaluation – Revisited (ACE)
Krist et al. (2013)	progressive resistance training	baseline 8 weeks (follow‐up)	very elder people	n = 15	nursing home	Wilcoxon signed‐rank test	mobility: Elderly Mobility Scale muscle strength: eight repetitions maximum quality of life: 36‐item Short‐Form Health Survey
Lobo et al. (2010)	aerobic exercise strength training health education	Baseline 3 months (follow‐up) 1 year	institutionalized elder people	n = 185 aerobic exercise n = 49 strength training n = 37 health education n = 52 control group n = 47	nursing home	Shapiro–Wilk test one‐way analysis of variance Scheffe's post hoc comparisons multivariate analyses of variance	quality of life: MOS SF‐36 physical fitness: Functional Fitness Test physical activity: MIT ActiGraph biochemical analysis of blood, blood pressure and bioimpedance
Mouton et al. (2017)	exercise intervention with a very large game board	baseline postintervention 3 months (follow‐up)	nursing home residents	n = 21 intervention group = 10 control group = 11	nursing home	Shapiro–Wilk test one‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA) one‐way ANOVAs with repeated measures Bonferroni correction Kruskal–Wallis test Wilcoxon test chi‐square test mean ± standard deviation median percentiles absolute and relative frequencies	physical activity: steps/day and energy expenditure/day with ActiGraph cognitive status: Mini‐mental State Examination (MMSE) quality of life: EQ‐5D motivation for physical activity: Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire‐2 gait and balance: Tinetti and Short Physical Performance Battery functional mobility: TUG lower limb muscles: muscular isometric strength
Özyemişci‐Taşkiran et al. (2014)	Pilates and yoga	Baseline 8 weeks (postintervention) 6 months (follow‐up)	elder people	n = 36intervention group n = 36control group n = 22	nursing home	Shapiro–Wilk's test Analysis of variance (ANOVA) Kruskal–Wallis test Tukey or Mann–Whitney U test chi‐square or Fisher's exact tests Wilcoxon or paired T tests	physical activity level: Turkish version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short‐form cognitive performance: Turkish version of the MMSE health‐related quality of life: Turkish version of Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) multidimensional pain: Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM)
Quehenberger et al. (2014)	low‐threshold physical activity intervention	1 year (follow‐up)	residents of residential elder care	study: n = 222 intervention group n = 104 control group n = 118 follow‐up: n = 68	residential elder care	T test chi‐squared test general mixed linear models Friedman tests paired t‐ and Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests	study: subjective health status: EQ‐5D occupational performance: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) functional health: TUG follow‐up: health‐related quality of life: EQ‐5D
Rezola‐Pardo et al. (2020) Reference 'ezola‐Pardo et al. 2019' year 2019 has been changed to 2020 to match the reference list. Please check for correctness."	multicomponent exercise vs. walking interventions	baseline after the 12 week intervention	nursing home residents	n = 81 multicomponent group n = 41 walking group n = 40 follow‐up n = 65	nursing home	Shapiro–Wilk test t test chi‐squared test two‐way analysis of variance for repeated measures partial η 2 Cohen's d	lower limb strength, static balance and usual gait speed: Short physical performance battery physical performance: Senior Fitness Test, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), TUG habitual physical activity: tri‐axial accelerometers global cognitive function: Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test verbal memory: Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test affective function: Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale perceived quality of life: Quality of Life Alzheimer's Disease scale loneliness: de Jong‐Gierveld loneliness scale
Stanmore et al. (2019)	strength and balance exergames (active, gamified video‐based exercises)	BBS, TUG, Fall Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III (ACEIII), Short Falls Efficiency Scale‐I (Short FES‐I), 5‐item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), EuroQoL (EQ‐5D‐5L): baseline12 week, fall diary: daily self‐report, monthly for 3 months adherence: at each use of the exergames monetary costs: daily self‐report calendar, monthly for 3 months follow‐up phone calls System Usability Scale (SUS) + Technology Assessment Model (TAM):12 weeks (intervention group)12 week follow‐up	people aged 55 years and older	n = 106 intervention group n = 56 control group n = 50	assisted living	case analysis linear regression linear mixed effects modelling Mantel–Haenszel methods	balance: BBS falls: falls diary adherence: frequency, duration, number of sessions TUG FRAT, including pain VAS and fatigue VAS PASE ACEIII Short FES‐I5‐item GDS HRQoL, EuroQoL EQ‐5D‐5L monetary costs of health care utilization following falls usability and acceptance of exergames (SUS and TAM)