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Evidence suggests Walking mayincreaseMobility.
31 studies (36 claims)
Moderate consensus
Typical effective dose 90 (90–90) %across 1 dosed study
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bodyweight shifting and lower limb loading (LLL) exercise during stepping without augmented loading feedback followed by overground walking | Increases - Significant improvement was found | mobility | Human | ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) | 10 minutes per leg of bodyweight shifting and lower limb loading exercises, followed by 10 minutes of overground walking. | Immediate effects of lower limb loading exercise during stepping with and without augmented loading feedback on mobility of ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over trial.cited 1× |
| bodyweight shifting and lower limb loading (LLL) exercise during stepping with augmented loading feedback followed by overground walking | Increases - Significant improvement was found | mobility | Human | ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) | 10 minutes per leg of bodyweight shifting and lower limb loading exercises, followed by 10 minutes of overground walking. | Immediate effects of lower limb loading exercise during stepping with and without augmented loading feedback on mobility of ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over trial.cited 1× |
| Backward Walking Training (BWT) | Increases - group difference effect size was moderate | Function Independence Measure-Mobility | Human | individuals 1-week poststroke | Eight, 30-minute sessions of BWT or SBT in addition to scheduled therapy. | A Backward Walking Training Program to Improve Balance and Mobility in Acute Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 42× |
| backward (BW) walking training | Increases - might be considered as an effective therapy modality for improving | mobility function | Human | hemiparetic CP children | 25 minutes per session, three days per week. | Back geometry and mobility function changes in cerebral palsy children after backward walking training: arandomized controlled trial. |
| walking aids | Increases - can be used to improve | mobility | Human | — | Not specified (training and provision of walking aids, with telemonitoring every two weeks for the first three months in one group). | Training and provision of mobility aids to promote autonomy and mobility of older patients in a geriatric emergency department: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| program of training and provision of walking aids (WA) | No effect - evaluate the efficacy | mobility | Human | older adults cared for in an ED | Not specified (training and provision of walking aids, with telemonitoring every two weeks for the first three months in one group). | Training and provision of mobility aids to promote autonomy and mobility of older patients in a geriatric emergency department: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| 12-week Nordic Walking training routine | Increases - improves | shoulder mobility | Human | female office workers | 3 times a week for 1 hour | The effects of Nordic Walking training on selected upper-body muscle groups in female-office workers: A randomized trial.cited 8× |
| FES-assisted walking therapy | Increases - improved over time compared with the control group | Spinal cord independence measure (SCIM) mobility sub-score | Human | individuals with chronic incomplete traumatic SCI | Thrice-weekly FES-assisted walking program. | A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency.cited 82× |
| walking training | Increases - improved | scores on the Functional Mobility Scale | Human | the child | Not specified | Gait Training for Walking Acquisition in a Child with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: A Case Report. |
| walking | Increases - has been proven to improve | cognition and mobility | Human | healthy elderly individuals | Not specified | Review articles (Meta-Analyses) effects of walking on cognitive function in individuals with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| walking | Increases - improve | functional mobility | Human | older adults in long-term care | Not specified | Recreational Therapy to Promote Mobility in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review.cited 8× |
| assisted walking | Increases - significantly improved | mobility | Human | nonambulatory stroke survivors | Not specified | Physical fitness interventions for nonambulatory stroke survivors: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 20× |
| assisted walking | Increases - significantly improved | mobility | Human | nonambulatory stroke survivors | Not specified | Physical fitness interventions for nonambulatory stroke survivors: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 20× |
| structured in-home walking program | Increases - favored mobility | mobility | Human | peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients | Two daily 8-minute sessions of slow intermittent in-home walking. | Don't stop walking: the in-home rehabilitation program for peripheral artery disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 14× |
| behavioral interventions that incorporate complex walking tasks and other activities of daily living | Increases - appear to be especially helpful for improving | mobility function | Human | older adults | Not specified | Innovations in Geroscience to enhance mobility in older adults.cited 16× |
| transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) associated with walking training | Increases - may be accompanied by better | mobility | Human | slow and intermediate walkers with Parkinson's disease | 30-minute walking training sessions with tDCS, 4 weeks. | Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in addition to walking training on walking, mobility, and reduction of falls in Parkinson's disease: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.cited 2× |
| Walking training with external cueing | No effect - remain uncertain | mobility | Human | Ambulatory adults with Parkinson's disease | Not specified | Walking training with auditory cueing improves walking speed more than walking training alone in ambulatory people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.cited 2× |
| Nordic walking training | Increases - showed significant differences | functional mobility | Human | Parkinson's disease patients | Not specified | Effects of Nordic walking training on functional parameters in Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 75× |
| exoskeletal-assisted walking (EAW) programme with the new robotic exoskeleton | Increases - provided potential meaningful improvements | mobility | Human | individuals with SCI | 30 minutes/day, 5 days/week | The safety and feasibility of a new rehabilitation robotic exoskeleton for assisting individuals with lower extremity motor complete lesions following spinal cord injury (SCI): an observational study.cited 22× |
| modified Sinaki exercises and Nordic walking applied together | Increases - best results of the intervention were noted | mobility of the rib cage, locomotor activity and motor abilities | Human | women aged 65-98 years living in residential care facilities with osteoporosis | Not specified (frequency/duration implied by intervention length). | Effect of physical activity on the sequelae of osteoporosis in female residents of residential care facilities.cited 11× |
| modified Sinaki exercises and Nordic walking applied together | Increases - improvement was statistically significant | rib cage mobility | Human | women aged 65-98 years living in residential care facilities with osteoporosis | Not specified (frequency/duration implied by intervention length). | Effect of physical activity on the sequelae of osteoporosis in female residents of residential care facilities.cited 11× |
| Nordic walking | Increases - significantly improved | mobility of the rib cage, locomotor activity and motor abilities | Human | women aged 65-98 years living in residential care facilities with osteoporosis | Not specified (frequency/duration implied by intervention length). | Effect of physical activity on the sequelae of osteoporosis in female residents of residential care facilities.cited 11× |
| a walking event including several walking tasks | No effect - assessed the effect | life-space mobility | Human | patients following TKA | 3.5 km walking course with specific tasks (crossing crosswalks, walking up/down stairs without railings, dirt roads, slopes). | Effects of an Intervention to Improve Life-Space Mobility and Self-Efficacy in Patients following Total Knee Arthroplasty.cited 9× |
| an intervention to improve self-efficacy for walking tasks | Increases - may contribute to better | life-space mobility | Human | patients following TKA | 3.5 km walking course with specific tasks (crossing crosswalks, walking up/down stairs without railings, dirt roads, slopes). | Effects of an Intervention to Improve Life-Space Mobility and Self-Efficacy in Patients following Total Knee Arthroplasty.cited 9× |
| daily walking for 30 min (control group) | No effect - remained at the same level as pretest performance | gait performance, functional mobility and sleep quality | Human | Parkinson disease (PD) patients | Daily walking for 30 minutes (both groups); Baduanjin Qigong group also performed four 45-minute sessions weekly. | Effect of health Baduanjin Qigong for mild to moderate Parkinson's disease.cited 86× |
| retro-walking | Increases - may provide additional benefits beyond those experienced by forward-walking | quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, balance and mobility | Human | knee Osteoarthritis (OA) subjects | 3 days/week for 6 weeks (training program). | Effect of retro and forward walking on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, and mobility in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| retro- and forward-walking | No effect - will investigate the effect | quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, balance and mobility | Human | knee Osteoarthritis (OA) subjects | 3 days/week for 6 weeks (training program). | Effect of retro and forward walking on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, and mobility in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| Backward walking (BW) | Increases - has emerged as a promising intervention modality for enhancing | mobility and strength outcomes | Human | — | Not specified (intervention involves 8 weeks of backward walking training). | Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing backward walking to forward walking training on balance in multiple sclerosis: The TRAIN-MS trial.cited 1× |
| UG walking | Increases - provided the most relevant data | balance and mobility assessment | Human | transtibial amputees | Not applicable (no dosage mentioned). | Understanding dynamic stability from pelvis accelerometer data and the relationship to balance and mobility in transtibial amputees.cited 7× |
| over-ground walking | No effect - did not improve | mobility | Human | people with multiple sclerosis | Not specified | Treadmill training may be an effective form of task-specific training for improving mobility in people with Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 31× |
| over-ground walking | No effect - did not improve | mobility | Human | people with Parkinson's disease | Not specified | Treadmill training may be an effective form of task-specific training for improving mobility in people with Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 31× |
| MI combined with physical practice of walking | No effect - showed very low-certainty evidence of no difference | mobility assessment | Human | people with transtibial amputations resulting from PAD or diabetes (dysvascular causes) | Not specified | Interventions for motor rehabilitation in people with transtibial amputation due to peripheral arterial disease or diabetes.cited 3× |
| MI combined with physical practice of walking | No effect - showed no clear difference | mobility assessment | Human | people with transtibial amputations resulting from PAD or diabetes (dysvascular causes) | Not specified | Interventions for motor rehabilitation in people with transtibial amputation due to peripheral arterial disease or diabetes.cited 3× |
| braces to assist walking | Decreases - limit overall mobility | overall mobility | Human | greater-functioning individuals with central nervous system injuries | Not applicable | Powered Exoskeletons for Walking Assistance in Persons with Central Nervous System Injuries: A Narrative Review.cited 68× |
| novel interactive video-based mobile application to teach safe walking aid use | No effect - did not experience significant changes | mobility (TUG) | Human | Adult walking aid users | Not specified | FEASIBILITY OF AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO-BASED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LEARNING AND REVIEWING WALKING AID SKILLS. |
| the combined treadmill and overground walking | Increases - significantly improved | mobility | Human | people post-stroke | Not specified | Interventions for preventing falls in people post-stroke: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 16× |
| group-mediated cognitive behavioral intervention promoting unsupervised walking exercise | Decreases - prevented | mobility loss | Human | PAD patients | Not specified (90% of exercise was conducted at or near home). | Unsupervised exercise and mobility loss in peripheral artery disease: a randomized controlled trial.cited 36× |
| Nordic walking | No effect - does not lead to clinically significant changes | functional mobility | Human | patients with PD | Not specified | Effects of Nordic walking in people with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 10× |
| Nordic Walking | Increases - may contribute to the maintenance of the overall mobility | overall mobility | Human | patients with Parkinson's disease | Not specified | The motor and the non-motor outcomes of Nordic Walking in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review.cited 9× |