title: Effect of square stepping exercise for older adults to prevent fall and injury related to fall: systematic review and meta-analysis of current evidences.
abstract: Falls and fall related injuries become an emerging health problem among older adults. As a result a review of the recent evidences is needed to design a prevention strategy. The aim of this review was to determine the effect of square stepping exercise (SSE) for fall down injury among older adults compared with walking training or other exercises. An electronic database search for relevant randomized control trials published in English from 2005 to 2016 was conducted. Articles with outcome measures of functional reach, perceived health status, fear of fall were included. Quality of the included articles was rated using Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale and the pooled effect of SSE was obtained by Review Manager (RevMan5) software. Significant effect of SSE was detected over walking or no treatment to improve balance as well to prevent fear of fall and improve perceived health status. The results of this systematic review proposed that SSE significantly better than walking or no treatment to prevent fall, prevent fear of fall and improve perceived health status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, North Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Berihu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fisseha
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, North West Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Balamurugan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janakiraman
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, North West Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Asmare
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yitayeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, Sree Balaji College of Physiotherapy, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Department of Physiotherapy, Global Hospitals and Health City, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Hariharasudhan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
keywords: Balance; Fall; Older adults; Square stepping exercise; Strength