Registry update — unassessed
Comparative Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and Conventional Exercise on Balance, Mobility, and Fall-Related Outcomes in Older Older Women at Increased Risk of Sarcopenia
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
RCTN=34Minor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Oct 6, 2026 · Discovered: Oct 6, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- The abstract reports study design and methods but does not provide the actual results or whether PNF offered advantages over conventional exercise; statistical comparisons between groups are not stated.
- The study enrolled only women aged 65+ at increased sarcopenia risk; findings cannot be generalized to younger populations, men, or those with confirmed sarcopenia.
- Most exercise sessions were unsupervised and home-based after initial clinic visits; adherence was monitored only by telephone, limiting verification of compliance or fidelity to the prescribed interventions.
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- 34
- Duration
- 10 months
- Population
- Community-dwelling women aged 65 years or older with SARC-F scores of 4 or higher screening positive for sarcopenia risk, but not meeting criteria for confirmed sarcopenia according to EWGSOP2
- Primary outcome
- Balance (Berg Balance Scale)
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- Uşak University
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- Uşak University ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
This randomized study compared a PNF-based exercise program with conventional exercise in community-dwelling women aged 65 years or older with SARC-F scores of 4 or higher.
Forty participants were randomly allocated to two groups, with 20 participants in each group. Thirty-four participants completed the study and were included in the analysis, with 17 participants in each group.
Both groups followed a 10-week exercise program comprising three sessions per week, with each session lasting approximately 45 minutes. The first three sessions were conducted at the clinic under physiotherapist supervision. The remaining sessions were performed independently at home, with adherence monitored through weekly telephone follow-up.
The conventional exercise program included lower-extremity strengthening, balance training, functional mobility exercises, sit-to-stand practice, gait exercises, and stretching. The PNF-based program incorporated diagonal and multiplanar movement patterns and task-oriented functional movements into conventional therapeutic exercises.
Participants were assessed at baseline and at one and three months after completion of the 10-week program. Outcomes included balance, functional mobility, walking capacity, lower-extremity functional strength, stair performance, falls efficacy, and depressive symptoms.
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