RT journal article
T1 Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Physical Performance in Older People: A Systematic Review
A1 Concha-Cisternas, Yeny
A1 Castro Piñero, José
A1 Leiva-Ordóñez, Ana María
A1 Valdés-Badilla, Pablo
A1 Celis-Morales, Carlos
A1 Guzmán-Muñoz, Eduardo
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 postural balance
K1 physical fitness
K1 aged
K1 aging
K1 rehabilitation
AB This systematic review aimed to assess the available evidence on the effects of neuromusculartraining on physical performance in older adults. A literature search was conducted across fourdatabases (Psychology and Behavioral (EBSCO), Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed). The PRISMAguidelines were followed. The PEDro scale and Cochrane risk of bias tool were used to assess thequality of and risk of bias in the studies, respectively. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO(code: CRD42022319239). The outcomes were muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, posturalbalance and gait speed. From 610 records initially found, 10 were finally included in the systematicreview, involving 354 older people with a mean age of 67.3 years. Nine of them reported significantchanges in at least one variable related to physical performance in the intervention compared to thecontrol groups. The neuromuscular training caused significant improvements in postural balance,flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, strength power of the upper and lower limbs and autonomy.The available evidence indicates that neuromuscular training has a positive effect on some variablesof physical performance, especially in postural balance; however, the methodological quality andcertainty of the evidence in the available literature are limited. Therefore, a greater number ofhigh-quality studies are required to draw definitive conclusions.
PB MDPI
SN 2075-1729
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32041
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32041
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026