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Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

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Exergaming Interventions for Preventing Falls and Injurious Falls in Older People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Exergaming Interventions for Preventing Falls and Injurious Falls in Older People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Charlotte Eost-Telling   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Lisa McGarrigle   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Chunhu Shi   1, 2 , PhD ;   Annemarie Money   1, 2 , PhD ;   Yang Yang   1, 2 , PhD ;   Kimberly Lazo Green   2, 3 , PhD ;   Saima Ahmed   1, 2 , PhD ;   Rachel Christie   1, 2 , MSc ;   Abodunrin Aminu   2, 3 , PhD ;   Kim Delbaere   5, 6 , PhD ;   Eling D de Bruin   7, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Emma Stanmore   1, 2, 10 , PhD ;   Chris Todd   1, 2, 3, 10 , PhD

1 Division of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

2 Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

3 Division of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Policy Research Unit in Older People and Frailty / Healthy Ageing, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

4 School of Nursing and Healthcare, Atlantic Technological University, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland

5 Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

6 School of Health Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

7 Department of Health, University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Saint Gallen, Switzerland

8 Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Motor Control and Learning Group - Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Spor, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

9 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

10 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Charlotte Eost-Telling, PhD
  • Division of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, University of Manchester
  • Manchester, England
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 161 306 1247
  • Email: charlotte.eost-telling@manchester.ac.uk