Weighted Vest Interventions in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of 15 Studies

Hongcheng Luo's narrative review synthesizes findings from 15 peer-reviewed studies on weighted vest interventions for adults aged 60 and older. The document, last updated in March 2026, summarizes implementation methods, observed benefits, and limitations from a literature search of Web of Science, PubMed, and EBSCOhost. It is a 686.9 KB text file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Summarizing implementation protocols for weighted vest use based on the described wear-only and task-based modes.
• Analyzing reported benefits and limitations of weighted vest interventions based on the synthesized findings from 15 studies.
• Identifying research gaps for future trials based on the described limitations in sample size and protocol heterogeneity.

Strengths

• Synthesizes findings from 15 peer-reviewed studies.
• Provides a clear summary of two implementation modes (wear-only and task-based).
• Explicitly documents the literature search methodology and inclusion criteria.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level data are unknown; the document is a narrative review, not a structured dataset.
• The 686.9 KB file size indicates a limited textual scope, not a large-scale data collection.
• Findings are based on a qualitative synthesis of a limited number of available studies.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Hongcheng Luo.

Collection Method

Narrative review based on a literature search of Web of Science, PubMed, and EBSCOhost conducted in October 2025, with citation searching.

Time Range

Studies included are not date-bound in the description; the review search was conducted in October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 05:21:26.

Geography

Spatial coverage is not specified.