Interventions to improve locomotive syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT: Locomotive syndrome is a musculoskeletal disease of individuals who are highly likely to require nursing care. There is no systematic review that systematically evaluates and consolidates the findings of randomized controlled trials, although the number of randomized controlled trials considering the intervention effect on locomotive syndrome has been increasing with the spread of the concept. Therefore, this systematic review of randomized controlled trials is aimed at consolidating evidence regarding effective interventions to improve locomotive syndrome. We searched seven databases electronically. Studies were included in this systematic review if the following were met: (1) the articles were randomized controlled trials written in English or Japanese in a peer-reviewed journal, and (2)

SUBMITTER: Iwamoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10281834 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature