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Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Enhanced Balance, Strength, and Mobility Among Older Adults With Frailty: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Enhanced Balance, Strength, and Mobility Among Older Adults With Frailty: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The included studies explored various interventions to improve balance, mobility, and physical function; these included video-guided exercises with resistance bands, VR balance training guided by a physiotherapist, or sensor-based exergames exercised at home. Each intervention was compared to traditional exercise programs or participants’ usual activities to assess their effectiveness.

Hammad Alhasan, Elaf Alandijani, Lara Bahamdan, Ghofran Khudary, Yara Aburaya, Abdulaziz Awali, Mansour Abdullah Alshehri

JMIR Serious Games 2025;13:e67146

Influence of Virtual Reality Illusions on Balance Performance and Immersive User Experience in Young Adults: A Within-Subject Experimental Study

Influence of Virtual Reality Illusions on Balance Performance and Immersive User Experience in Young Adults: A Within-Subject Experimental Study

Standing balance deficits pose significant challenges to activities of daily living. Balance rehabilitation paradigms have been developed as an effective approach to address balance impairments. A fundamental aspect of standing balance rehabilitation is the use of perturbations, which challenge postural control and promote improvement in balance performance [1-4].

R Achintha M Abayasiri, Antonio Padilha Lanari Bo, Taylor J M Dick, Nilufar Baghaei

JMIR Serious Games 2025;13:e70376

Trade-Offs Between Simplifying Inertial Measurement Unit–Based Movement Recordings and the Attainability of Different Levels of Analyses: Systematic Assessment of Method Variations

Trade-Offs Between Simplifying Inertial Measurement Unit–Based Movement Recordings and the Attainability of Different Levels of Analyses: Systematic Assessment of Method Variations

However, optimizing recording configurations always comes at a price, and striking the balance between gains and losses must be done with respect to each analysis target and the study question. For instance, a posture-based behavioral assessment may benefit from a very long recording time, even up to a week, supporting the use of the minimalist setup.

Manu Airaksinen, Okko Räsänen, Sampsa Vanhatalo

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2025;13:e58078

Smart Wearable Technologies for Balance Rehabilitation in Older Adults at Risk of Falls: Scoping Review and Comparative Analysis

Smart Wearable Technologies for Balance Rehabilitation in Older Adults at Risk of Falls: Scoping Review and Comparative Analysis

Studies were included if the system was a technological system or solution with wearables and motion tracking for balance rehabilitation to improve balance or gait outcomes or reduce falls in older adults at risk of falls. The population of interest included older adults (≥50 y) with potential balance impairments or falls deficits due to age-related physiological decline or specific health conditions.

Brooke Nairn, Vassilios Tsakanikas, Becky Gordon, Efterpi Karapintzou, Diego Kaski, Dimitrios I Fotiadis, Doris-Eva Bamiou

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2025;12:e69589

Comparison of Efficiency of Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Exercises in Improving Balance and Gait in People With Hemophilia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Comparison of Efficiency of Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Exercises in Improving Balance and Gait in People With Hemophilia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sensorimotor training programs for lower extremity proprioception exercises include active joint repositioning exercises, coordination exercises, muscle performance, balance or unstable surface training, plyometric training, and vibration training [14]. Due to the frequent occurrence of hemarthroses in the lower extremity joints, changes in balance and walking parameters can be observed in people with hemophilia.

Tugce Poyraz Isleyen, Ela Tarakci, Gokce Leblebici, Ipek Yeldan, Bulent Zulfikar

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e66770

The Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Managing Pain, Strength, and Balance in Adult Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review

The Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Managing Pain, Strength, and Balance in Adult Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review

Previous systematic reviews, such as Xie et al [1], focused primarily on pain and functional improvements without incorporating other critical outcomes, such as strength and balance, which are essential for functional mobility and fall prevention in patients with KOA.

Theodora Plavoukou, Michail Iosifidis, Georgios Papagiannis, Dimitrios Stasinopoulos, Georgios Georgoudis

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2025;12:e72466

Investigating Measurement Equivalence of Smartphone Sensor–Based Assessments: Remote, Digital, Bring-Your-Own-Device Study

Investigating Measurement Equivalence of Smartphone Sensor–Based Assessments: Remote, Digital, Bring-Your-Own-Device Study

The measurement equivalence properties were studied on 6 active tests, including the Information Processing Speed (IPS), Information Processing Speed Digit-Digit (IPS DD), Pinching Test (PT), Static Balance Test (SBT), U-Turn Test (UTT) and 2-Minute Walk Test (2 MWT; Table 1). These active tests could be performed up to once daily (PT, SB, UTT, and 2 MWT) or up to once weekly (IPS and IPS DD). Active tests included in the analysis.

Lito Kriara, Frank Dondelinger, Luca Capezzuto, Corrado Bernasconi, Florian Lipsmeier, Adriano Galati, Michael Lindemann

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e63090

Building Strong Foundations: Nonrandomized Interventional Study of a Novel, Digitally Delivered Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults

Building Strong Foundations: Nonrandomized Interventional Study of a Novel, Digitally Delivered Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults

We used a quasi-experimental design to determine the efficacy of digitally delivered exercise for improving physical function specific to balance, postural control, and muscular strength among older adults at low or moderate risk of falling.

David Wing, Jeanne F Nichols, Hava Shoshana Barkai, Olivia Culbert, Daniel Moreno, Michael Higgins, Anna O'Brien, Mariana Perez, Hope Davey, Ryan Moran

JMIR Aging 2025;8:e68957