Summary of the best evidence for non-pharmacological interventions on balance function in the elderly
ZHU Yuke
NI Yidan
YIN Tongtong
WANG Ying
WANG Li
Abstract：Objective To summarize the best evidence on non-pharmacological interventions for improving balance function in the elderly from domestic and international studies.Methods Following the top-down principle of the"6S"evidence model,a systematic search was conducted in domestic and international databases,and guideline websites,for evidence related to non-pharmacological interventions for balance function in the elderly.The search included guidelines,expert consensus statements,systematic reviews,meta-analyses,evidence summaries,and randomized controlled trials(RCTs),covering the period from the inception of the databases up to December 2023.Two researchers were responsible for evaluating the quality of the included literature,extracting data,and summarizing the evidence.Results A total of 32 articles were included,comprising 2 guidelines,1 expert consensus,7 systematic reviews,9 meta-analyses and 13 RCTs.From these,36 pieces of best evidence were identified across 9 categories:exercise interventions,cognitive inter-ventions,virtual technological interventions,dietary interventions,comprehensive interventions,health education,envi-ronmental interventions,other forms of interventions and the implementation and monitoring of interventions.Conclu-sions Non-pharmaceutical intervention measures for the balance function of the elderly are diverse in form and rich in content.Appropriate intervention plans should be selected based on the actual situation and the individual conditions of el-derly,and the quality monitoring of the intervention process should be well done.
Keywords：balance functionnon-pharmacological interventionevidence-based practiceevidence summaryaged
Publication Date：2025-08-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-17(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 63-69 )