Effectiveness of the aquatic physical therapy exercises to improve balance, gait, quality of life and reduce fall-related outcomes in healthy community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Renato S. Melo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: renatomelo10@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6776-3606

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• Caroline Stefany Ferreira Cardeira,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Damaris Scarleth A. Rezende,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculdade de Integração do Sertão (FIS), Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Vinícius J. Guimarães-do-Carmo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculdade de Integração do Sertão (FIS), Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Andrea Lemos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Alberto Galvão de Moura-Filho

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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