Study description	Links to references
Setting (country)	Australia: Baker 1991; Kimmel 2016; Miller 2006; Moseley 2009; Oldmeadow 2006; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2003; Sherrington 2004; Sherrington 2020 Canada: Langford 2015 Denmark: Kronborg 2017; Lauridsen 2002 Finland: Karumo 1977; Salpakoski 2015 Germany: Hauer 2002 Greece: Stasi 2019 Italy: Monticone 2018 Japan: Ohoka 2015 Netherlands: Pol 2019; Van Ooijen 2016 Norway: Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Taraldsen 2019 Russia:Gorodetskyi 2007 South Korea:Oh 2020 Switzerland:Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010 Taiwan:Tsauo 2005 Thailand: Suwanpasu 2014 United Kingdom: Braid 2008; Graham 1968; Lamb 2002; Mitchell 2001; Williams 2016 USA: Binder 2004; Latham 2014; Mangione 2005; Mangione 2010; Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007; Magaziner 2019
Setting	Started study in‐hospital and transitioned to community during study a) Majority of intervention in hospital:Braid 2008; Lamb 2002; Miller 2006; Monticone 2018; Moseley 2009; Stasi 2019 a) Majority of intervention in post‐hospital setting:Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Langford 2015; Stasi 2019 In‐hospital(orthopedic ward):Gorodetskyi 2007; Karumo 1977; Kimmel 2016; Kronborg 2017; Lamb 2002; Miller 2006; Oldmeadow 2006 In‐hospital (rehabilitation ward):Baker 1991; Braid 2008; Lauridsen 2002; Mitchell 2001; Monticone 2018; Moseley 2009; Oh 2020; Ohoka 2015; Sherrington 2003; Van Ooijen 2016 In‐hospital (ward unclear):Graham 1968 (started 2 weeks postoperatively) Community:Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Hauer 2002; Langford 2015; Latham 2014; Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2005; Mangione 2010; Orwig 2011; Pol 2019; Resnick 2007; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2004; Sherrington 2020; Stasi 2019; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Taraldsen 2019; Tsauo 2005; Williams 2016 Unclear:Suwanpasu 2014
Participants
Trials in which all participants were women	Baker 1991; Hauer 2002; Lamb 2002; Lauridsen 2002; Ohoka 2015; Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007
Trials in which mean age was over 80 years	Baker 1991; Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Braid 2008; Hauer 2002; Kimmel 2016; Lamb 2002; Langford 2015; Lauridsen 2002; Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2010; Miller 2006; Mitchell 2001; Moseley 2009; Ohoka 2015; Orwig 2011; Pol 2019; Resnick 2007; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 2003; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Taraldsen 2019; Van Ooijen 2016
Trials excluding participants with cognitive impairment (either defined as an exclusion criterion or implied by the stated requirement to be able to give informed consent, to follow instructions, or both)	Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Braid 2008; Hauer 2002; Kronborg 2017; Lamb 2002; Langford 2015; Latham 2014; Mangione 2005; Mangione 2010; Miller 2006; Mitchell 2001; Monticone 2018; Moseley 2009; Oh 2020; Orwig 2011; Pol 2019; Resnick 2007; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2003; Sherrington 2004; Sherrington 2020; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Tsauo 2005; Van Ooijen 2016; Williams 2016
Interventions
Comparisons	In‐hospital: Usual physiotherapy: Baker 1991; Graham 1968; Karumo 1977; Kimmel 2016; Kronborg 2017; Lauridsen 2002; Miller 2006; Mitchell 2001; Monticone 2018; Moseley 2009; Oh 2020; Ohoka 2015; Oldmeadow 2006; Sherrington 2003; Suwanpasu 2014; Van Ooijen 2016 Placebo electrical stimulation: Braid 2008; Gorodetskyi 2007; Lamb 2002 Post‐hospital: Exercise programme: Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Hauer 2002; Langford 2015; Latham 2014; Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2005; Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2004; Sherrington 2020; Stasi 2019; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Taraldsen 2019; Tsauo 2005; Williams 2016 Electrical stimulation: Mangione 2010 Coaching based on cognitive behavioural therapy: Pol 2019
Intervention. Type of exercises according to ProFaNE categorisation, or electrical stimulation	Gait, balance and functional training: Baker 1991; Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Graham 1968; Hauer 2002; Karumo 1977; Kimmel 2016; Latham 2014; Lauridsen 2002; Mitchell 2001; Monticone 2018; Moseley 2009; Oh 2020; Ohoka 2015; Oldmeadow 2006; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2003; Sherrington 2004*; Sherrington 2020;Taraldsen 2019; Tsauo 2005; Van Ooijen 2016; Williams 2016 Strength / resistance training: Binder 2004; Hauer 2002; Kronborg 2017; Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2005; Mangione 2010; Miller 2006; Mitchell 2001; Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007*; Stasi 2019; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012 Flexibility: no studies Three dimensional (3D) exercise: no studies General physical activity: no studies Endurance: Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2005; Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007* Other type of intervention: Langford 2015; Orwig 2011; Pol 2019; Resnick 2007; Sherrington 2004*; Suwanpasu 2014; Williams 2016 Electrical stimulation: Braid 2008; Gorodetskyi 2007; Lamb 2002
Personnel delivering intervention in post‐hospital setting	Expert delivering intervention: Binder 2004; Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010; Langford 2015; Latham 2014; Magaziner 2019; Mangione 2005; Mangione 2010; Pol 2019; Salpakoski 2015; Sherrington 1997; Sherrington 2004; Sherrington 2020; Stasi 2019; Sylliaas 2011; Sylliaas 2012; Taraldsen 2019; Tsauo 2005; Williams 2016 No expert delivering intervention: Orwig 2011; Resnick 2007; Suwanpasu 2014 Unclear: Hauer 2002
* = multi‐group trial appearing in more than one category