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Care of the older person
First promising steps have been done, but there is still a long way to go: further evidence on the effectiveness of digitally delivered and home-based physical exercises to foster healthy ageing
  1. Fabian Herold,
  2. Notger G Müller
  1. Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Group Degenerative and Chronic Diseases, Movement, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Mr. Fabian Herold, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Group Degenerative and Chronic Diseases, Movement, University of Potsdam, Am Mühlenberg 9, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; fabian.herold{at}fgw-brandenburg.de

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103693

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    Commentary on: Solis-Navarro L, Gismero A, Fernández-Jané C, Torres-Castro R, Solá-Madurell M, Bergé C, Pérez LM, Ars J, Martín-Borràs C, Vilaró J, Sitjà-Rabert M. Effectiveness of home-based exercise delivered by digital health in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing. 2022 Nov 2;51(11):afac243. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac243

    Implications for practice and research

    • As the available evidence supports the effectiveness of digitally delivered and home-based physical exercises (DHE) to promote healthy ageing, healthcare practitioners (eg, family doctors and nurses) should encourage older adults to use such digital tools.

    • Further research is necessary to gain a more nuanced understanding of factors that influences the effectiveness of DHE.

    Context

    Regular physical activity is an important factor to promote healthy ageing.1 Thus, the high prevalence of physical inactivity among older adults and its negative health consequences (eg, falls due to low physical functioning)1 necessitates the …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.