Table 5.
Outcomes | Number of Participants (Studies) | Risk of Bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other Considerations | Quality |
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TUG | 1074 (7 RCTs) | not serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁◯ moderate |
BBS | 224 (4 RCTs) | not serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁◯ moderate |
FES | 858 (4 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁◯ moderate |
ABC | 232 (4 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁◯ moderate |
SF-36/SF-12 | 898 (3 RCTs) | serious | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁◯◯ low |
SPPB | 556 (3 RCTs) | serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁◯ moderate |
Total number of falls | 2158 (9 RCTs) | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁⨁ high |
Number of fallers (≥1 falls) | 2632 (11 RCTs) | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | ⨁⨁⨁⨁ high |
TUG: timed up-and-go; BBS: Berg Balance Score; FES: Falls Efficacy Scale; ABC: Activities-Specific Balance Confidence; SF-36/SF-12: Short Form-36/Short Form-12 Health Survey; SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery; RCT: randomized clinical trial.