OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Performance on sit-to-stand tests in relation to measures of functional fitness and sarcopenia diagnosis in community-dwelling older adults	99
Effects of resistance training in healthy older people with sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	68
Effects of different exercise interventions on heart rate variability and cardiovascular health factors in older adults: a systematic review	33
Effects of physical exercise on working memory in older adults: a systematic and meta-analytic review	33
Physical activity, resilience, emotions, moods, and weight control of older adults during the COVID-19 global crisis	29
Sensor-based fall risk assessment in older adults with or without cognitive impairment: a systematic review	26
Physical activity and sedentary behavior trajectories and their associations with quality of life, disability, and all-cause mortality	21
Personality traits and physical functioning: a cross-sectional multimethod facet-level analysis	17
Effects of low back pain on balance performance in elderly people: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
The effects of virtual reality training in stroke and Parkinson’s disease rehabilitation: a systematic review and a perspective on usability	16
The effects of interventions to enhance cognitive and physical functions in older people with cognitive frailty: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Effects of multimodal agility-like exercise training compared to inactive controls and alternative training on physical performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Going digital – a commentary on the terminology used at the intersection of physical activity and digital health	13
Effects of core stability training on older women with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial	12
Effectiveness of an individually tailored home-based exercise programme for pre-frail older adults, driven by a tablet application and mobility monitoring: a pilot study	11
The value of walking: a systematic review on mobility and healthcare costs	11
Map-based assessment of older adults’ life space: validity and reliability	11
Bone mineral density in elite masters athletes: the effect of body composition and long-term exercise	10
Body mass index and cognitive decline among community-living older adults: the modifying effect of physical activity	10
Functional capacity and dual-task cost in the institutionalized older adults, both affected and unaffected by mild cognitive impairment	9
Factors associated with physical activity reduction in Swedish older adults during the first COVID-19 outbreak: a longitudinal population-based study	8
Long-term participation in community group exercise improves lower extremity muscle strength and delays age-related declines in walking speed and physical function in older adults	8
Saving lives through life-threatening measures? The COVID-19 paradox of infection prevention in long-term care facilities	8
The age-related decline in spatiotemporal gait characteristics is moderated by concerns of falling, history of falls & diseases, and sociodemographic-anthropometric characteristics in 60–94 years	8
Physical activity and recurrent fall risk in community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40–74 years: the Murakami cohort study	7

Peer-led exercise program for ageing adults to improve physical functions - a randomized trial	7
Effectiveness of a community-delivered pneumatic machine resistance training programme (Gym Tonic) for older adults at neighbourhood senior centres – a randomized controlled trial	7
Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial	7
The relationship of weather with daily physical activity and the time spent out of home in older adults from Germany – the ActiFE study	7
The ability to increase the base of support and recover stability is limited in its generalisation for different balance perturbation tasks	7
Effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) with resistance exercise on musculoskeletal health in older adults: a narrative review	7