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. 2019 Jan 31;2019(1):CD012424. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012424.pub2

2. Key characteristics of participants and intervention approach.

Study IDa Age (mean)  % Women  High risk of falls Duration of intervention (weeks) Intervention delivered by health professional  Group exercise Intervention progressed
Gait, balance, and functional training
Almeida 2013   79 83% Yes 16 Yes Yes NR
Arantes 2015 73 100% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Arkkukangas 2015 83 71% No 12 Yes No Yes
Barnett 2003 75 67% Yes 52 No Yes Yes
Boongrid 2017 74 83% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Campbell 1997 84 100% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Clegg 2014 79 71% Yes 12 Yes No Yes
Clemson 2010 81 47% Yes 26 Yes No Yes
Clemson 2012 (Life Program) 83 55% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Cornillon 2002 71 83% No 52 No No No
Dadgari 2016 70 49% Yes 24 No No Yes
Dangour 2011 66 68% No 104 No Yes Yes
Day 2002 76 59% No 18 No Yes No
Duque 2013 77 62% Yes 6 Yes No Yes
El‐Khoury 2015 79 100% Yes 104 No Yes Yes
Gschwind 2015 75 61% No 16 No No Yes
Halvarsson 2013 77 71% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Halvarsson 2016 (balance group) 76 98% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Hamrick 2017 70 79% No 8 No Yes Yes
Hirase 2015 82 70% Yes 16 Yes No No
Iliffe 2015 73 62% No 24 No OEP: no; FaME: Yes Yes
Iwamoto 2009 76 90% No 20 No Yes No
Karinkanta 2007 (balance group) 73 100% No 52 No Yes No
Kerse 2010 81 58% No 26 No No Yes
Korpelainen 2006 73 100% No 130 Yes Yes Yes
Kovacs 2013 69 100% No 25 Yes Yes Yes
Lin 2007 77 51% Yes 16 Yes No Yes
Liu‐Ambrose 2004 (agility group) 79 100% No 25 No Yes No
Liu‐Ambrose 2008 83 71% Yes 26 Yes No Yes
Lord 1995 71 100% No 52 No Yes No
Lord 2003 80 86% No 52 No Yes No
Luukinen 2007 88 79% Yes 70 Yes No Yes
Madureira 2007 74 100% No 40 Yes Yes No
McMurdo 1997 65 100% No 60 No Yes No
Miko 2017 69 100% No 52 Yes Yes Yes
Morgan 2004 81 71% Yes 8 Yes Yes Yes
Nitz 2004 76 92% Yes 10 Yes Yes No
Reinsch 1992 74 80% No 52 No Yes No
Robertson 2001a 84 68% No 52 Yes No Yes
Sakamoto 2013 80 82% Yes 26 No No Yes
Sales 2017 73 69% Yes 18 Both Yes Yes
Siegrist 2016 78 75% Yes 16 Yes Yes Yes
Skelton 2005 72 100% Yes 36 No Yes Yes
Smulders 2010 71 94% Yes 5.5 Yes Yes Yes
Trombetti 2011 76 96% Yes 26 No Yes Yes
Weerdesteyn 2006 74 77% Yes 5 No Yes Yes
Wolf 1996 (balance group) 76 81% No 15 No No Yes
Yang 2012 81 44% Yes 26 Yes No No
Strength/resistance (including power)
Ansai 2015 (resistance group) 82 68% Yes 16 No Yes Yes
Carter 2002 69 100% No 20 No Yes No
Fiatarone 1997 82 94% Yes 16 No No No
Grahn Kronhed 2009 71 100% No 16 Yes Yes Yes
Karinkanta 2007 (resistance group) 73 100% No 52 No Yes Yes
Latham 2003b 80 53% Yes 10 Yes No Yes
Liu‐Ambrose 2004 (resistance group) 79 100% No 25 No Yes Yes
Vogler 2009 (seated group) 80 79% Yes 12 Yes No Yes
Woo 2007 (resistance group) 69 50% No 52 No Yes No
3D
Day 2015 77 70% Yes 48 No Yes Yes
Huang 2010 71 30% No 22 No Yes No
Li 2005 77 70% No 26 No Yes No
Logghe 2009 77 71% Yes 13 No Yes No
Merom 2016   85% No 52 No Yes Yes
Taylor 2012 75 73% Yes 20 No Yes No
Voukelatos 2007 69 84% No 16 No Yes No
Wolf 1996 (Tai Chi group) 76 81% No 15 No Yes Yes
Wolf 2003 81 94% Yes 48 No Yes Yes
Woo 2007 (Tai Chi group) 69 50% No 52 No Yes No
Wu 2010 (com‐ex group)  75 84% Yes 15 No Yes No
Wu 2010 (home‐ex group) 75 84% Yes 15 No No No
Wu 2010 (tel‐ex group) 75 84% Yes 15 No No No
General physical activity
Ebrahim 1997 67 100% No 104 Yes No Yes
Resnick 2002 88 100% No 26 No Yes Yes
Voukelatos 2015 73 74% No 48 No No No
Multiple primary exercise categories
Ansai 2015 (multicomponent group)c 82 68% Yes 16 No Yes Yes
Beyer 2007c 78 100% Yes 26 Yes Yes Yes
Brown 2002c   79% No 16 Yes Yes Yes
Buchner 1997 75 51% Yes 25 No Yes Yes
Bunout 2005c 75 70% No 52 No Yes Yes
Cerny 1998c 71   No 24 No Yes NR
Clemson 2012 (structured group)c 83 55% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Gill 2016c 79 67% Yes 96 No Yes Yes
Haines 2009b,c 81 60% Yes 8 Yes No Yes
Halvarsson 2016 (balance and physical activity group) 76 98% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Hauer 2001c 82 100% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Irez 2011c 75 100% No 12 No Yes Yes
Kamide 2009c 71 100% No 26 Yes No No
Karinkanta 2007 (resistance and balance groups)c 73 100% No 52 No Yes Yes
Kim 2014c 78 100% Yes 52 No Yes Yes
Lehtola 2000 74 80% No 26 No Yes Yes
Means 2005c 74 57% No 6 Yes Yes Yes
Ng 2015c 70 61% Yes 12 No Yes Yes
Park 2008 68 100% No 48 NR Yes No
Rubenstein 2000 75 0% Yes 12 No Yes Yes
Sherrington 2014b,c 81 74% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Suzuki 2004c 78 100% No 26 No Yes No
Uusi‐Rasi 2015c 74 100% Yes 104 Yes Yes Yes
Vogler 2009b (weightbearing group) 80 79% Yes 12 Yes No Yes
Exercise versus exercise
Ballard 2004 73 100% Yes 15 (Low intensity = 2) No Yes NR
Barker 2016   69 88% Yes 12 Yes Pilates group: Yes; HEP group: No Yes
Clemson 2012 83 55% Yes 52 Yes No Yes
Davis 2011 78 100% No 52 No Yes No
Freiberger 2007 76 44% Yes 16 No No Yes
Helbostad 2004 81 81% Yes   Yes Yes Combined training:No; Home training: Yes.
Hirase 2015 82 70% Yes 16 Yes No No
Hwang 2016 72 67% Yes 24 Tai Chi: No; other group: Yes No Yes
Karinkanta 2007 73 100% No 52 No Yes Yes
Kemmler 2010 69 100% No 78 No Yes High intensity: Yes; low intensity: No
Kwok 2016 70 85% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Kyrdalen 2014 83 73% Yes 12 Yes Group: Yes; Home: No Yes
LaStayo 2017 76 65% Yes 12 Yes Yes Yes
Liston 2014 77 85% Yes 8 Yes Yes OEP: Yes; Stretching: No.
Liu‐Ambrose 2004 79 100% No 25 No Yes Yes
Lurie 2013   80 59% Yes Variable Yes No Yes
Mirelman 2016 83 35% Yes 6 No No Yes
Morone 2016   69 100% Yes 8 Yes Yes No
Morrison 2018 67 48% No 12 No Balance: Yes; Wii: No Balance: No; Wii: Yes
Okubo 2016 71 63% No 64 No Yes Yes
Shigematsu 2008 69 63% No 12 No Yes No
Steadman 2003 83 82% Yes 6 Yes Yes Yes
Taylor 2012 75 73% Yes 20 No Yes No
Verrusio 2017 65 53% Yes 52 Yes No NR
Wolf 1996 76 81% No 15 No Yes Yes
Yamada 2010 80 Unknown No   Yes Yes Yes
Yamada 2012 86 81% No 24 Yes Yes Yes
Yamada 2013 77 57% No 24 No No Yes

a Categorised by primary exercise category.
 b Post‐hospital discharge study.
 c Indicates the primary interventions include gait, balance, and functional training and strength/resistance training.