Appendix 1. CENTRAL search strategy

We used the following search strategy for CENTRAL

1 MeSH descriptor Homes for the Aged, this term only
2 MeSH descriptor Nursing Homes, this term only
3 "home* for the aged":ti,ab,kw or (aged NEAR/2 (care or nursing or healthcare or residential) NEAR/2 (facility or facilities or home*)):ti,ab,kw or (geriatric or elderly) NEAR/2 (facility or facilities or care home*):ti,ab,kw
4 (nursing home*):ti,ab,kw
5 MeSH descriptor Hospitals, Veterans, this term only
6 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5)
7 MeSH descriptor Aged explode all trees
8 MeSH descriptor Geriatrics explode all trees
9 (gerontol* or ageing or aging or elder* or geriatric* or seniors or old age or older or late* life):ti,ab,kw
10 (older NEXT (person* or people or adult* or patient* or inpatient* or outpatient*)):ti,ab,kw
11 MeSH descriptor Veterans, this term only
12 (veteran*):ti,ab,kw
13 (#7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12)
14 MeSH descriptor Nursing Care, this term only
15 MeSH descriptor Rehabilitation Nursing, this term only
16 MeSH descriptor Community Health Nursing, this term only
17 MeSH descriptor Hospitals, Convalescent, this term only
18 MeSH descriptor Rehabilitation Centers, this term only
19 MeSH descriptor Institutionalization, this term only
20 (#14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19)
21 (#13 AND #20)
22 MeSH descriptor Group Homes, this term only
23 MeSH descriptor Assisted Living Facilities, this term only
24 MeSH descriptor Residential Facilities, this term only
25 MeSH descriptor Long‐Term Care, this term only
26 MeSH descriptor Halfway Houses, this term only
27 (group or residential) NEXT (home or homes):ti,ab,kw
28 (hous* or residental or residence* or institution* or facility or facilities) NEAR/5 (elder* or geriatric* or seniors or older or aged):ti,ab,kw
29 ((residential or long‐term or longterm) NEAR/5 (care or facility or facilities)):ti,ab,kw
30 (sheltered or retirement or residential or halfway or half‐way) NEAR/5 (hous* or home* or accommodation):ti,ab,kw
31 (life care cent* or continuing care cent* or extended care facility or extended care facilities):ti,ab,kw
32 (care or convalescent) NEXT (home* or cent* or facility or facilities):ti,ab,kw
33 (skilled or intermediate) NEAR/2 (nursing facility or nursing facilities):ti,ab,kw
34 (healthcare NEAR/2 (facility or facilities)):ti,ab,kw
35 (#32 OR #33 OR #34)
36 (#35 AND #13)
37 (assisted living):ti,ab,kw
38 (#22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #36 OR #37)
39 (#6 OR #21 OR #38)
40 MeSH descriptor Rehabilitation, this term only
41 MeSH descriptor Activities of Daily Living, this term only
42 MeSH descriptor Dance Therapy, this term only
43 MeSH descriptor Early Ambulation, this term only
44 MeSH descriptor Exercise Therapy, this term only
45 MeSH descriptor Muscle Stretching Exercises, this term only
46 MeSH descriptor Resistance Training, this term only
47 MeSH descriptor Occupational Therapy, this term only
48 MeSH descriptor Physical Therapy Modalities, this term only
49 MeSH descriptor Hydrotherapy, this term only
50 MeSH descriptor Musculoskeletal Manipulations, this term only
51 MeSH descriptor Physical Therapy (Specialty), this term only
52 MeSH descriptor Exercise Movement Techniques, this term only
53 MeSH descriptor Exercise, this term only
54 MeSH descriptor Tai Ji, this term only
55 MeSH descriptor Walking, this term only
56 MeSH descriptor Yoga, this term only
57 MeSH descriptor Physical Education and Training, this term only
58 MeSH descriptor Physical Fitness, this term only
59 MeSH descriptor Recovery of Function, this term only
60 MeSH descriptor Residential Treatment, this term only
61 MeSH descriptor Physical Stimulation, this term only
62 MeSH descriptor Health Promotion, this term only
63 MeSH descriptor Leisure Activities, this term only
64 MeSH descriptor Recreation, this term only
65 MeSH descriptor Dancing, this term only
66 MeSH descriptor Health Facility Environment, this term only
67 (rehabilitat* or exercise* or physiotherap* or "keep fit"):ti,ab,kw
68 (physical near/3 (therap* or education or train* or stimulat* or fitness or activit* or function)):ti,ab,kw
69 (exercise or movement or occupational or residential) near/5 (therap* or train* or treatment or program*):ti,ab,kw
70 (strength* or aerobic or resistance) near/3 activit*:ti,ab,kw
71 (improve* near/3 (function or mobil* or recover*)):ti,ab,kw
72 (fitness or health) near/3 promotion:ti,ab,kw
73 (danc* or walk* or yoga or "tai chi" or "tai ji" or "tai chi" or "ji quan" or taiji or taijiquan or "leisure activit*" or recreation* or bicycl* or cycl* or bike* or biking):ti,ab,kw
74 (endurance or balance or strength or flexibility or resistance) near/3 training:ti,ab,kw
75 (#40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47 OR #48 OR #49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52 OR #53 OR #54 OR #55 OR #56 OR #57 OR #58 OR #59 OR #60 OR #61 OR #62 OR #63 OR #64 OR #65 OR #66 OR #67 OR #68 OR #69 OR #70 OR #71 OR #72 OR #73 OR #74)
76 (#39 AND #75), from 2009 to 2011

Appendix 2. MEDLINE search strategy

We used the following search strategy for MEDLINE (Ovid) and adapted it for the other databases

1. Homes for the Aged/ or "homes for the aged".tw.
2. exp Nursing Homes/ or nursing home?.tw.
3. (aged adj2 (care or nursing or healthcare or residential) adj2 (facility or facilites or home?)).ti,ab.
4. ((geriatric or elderly) adj2 (facility or facilities or care home?)).ti,ab.
5. Hospitals, Veterans/
6. Housing for the Elderly/
7. Geriatric Nursing/
8. or/1‐7 [care facilities/nursing ‐ aged terms]
9. exp aged/
10. (gerontol* or ageing or aging or elder* or geriatric* or seniors or old age or older or late* life).ti,ab.
11. (older adj (person* or people or adult* or patient* or inpatient* or outpatient*)).ti,ab.
12. veterans/
13. veteran.ti,ab.
14. or/9‐13 [elderly terms]
15. Nursing Care/
16. Rehabilitation Nursing/
17. Community Health Nursing/
18. Hospitals, Convalescent/
19. Rehabilitation Centers/
20. Institutionalization/
21. or/15‐20 [institutional care terms]
22. 14 and 21 [institutional care terms and elderly terms]
23. Group Homes/
24. Assisted Living Facilities/
25. Residential Facilities/
26. Long‐Term Care/
27. Halfway Houses/
28. ((group or residential) adj home?).ti,ab.
29. ((hous$ or residental or residence? or institution$ or facility or facilities) adj5 (elder* or geriatric* or seniors or older or aged)).ti,ab.
30. ((residential or long‐term or longterm) adj5 (care or facility or facilities)).ti,ab.
31. ((sheltered or retirement or residential or halfway or half‐way) adj5 (hous$ or home? or accommodation)).ti,ab.
32. (life care cent$ or continuing care cent$ or extended care facility or extended care facilities).ti,ab.
33. ((care or convalescent) adj (home? or cent$ or facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
34. ((skilled or intermediate) adj2 (nursing facility or nursing facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
35. (healthcare adj2 (facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
36. assisted living.ti,ab.
37. or/23‐35 [other residential are terms]
38. 8 or 22 or 37 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care terms]
39. rehabilitation/ or "activities of daily living"/
40. dance therapy/ or early ambulation/ or exercise therapy/ or muscle stretching exercises/ or resistance training/ or occupational therapy/
41. physical therapy modalities/ or hydrotherapy/ or musculoskeletal manipulations/
42. "Physical Therapy (Specialty)"/
43. Exercise Movement Techniques/
44. Exercise/
45. Tai Ji/
46. aqua.mp.
47. walking/ or yoga/
48. "Physical Education and Training"/
49. Physical Fitness/
50. "Recovery of Function"/
51. Residential Treatment/
52. Physical Stimulation/
53. Health Promotion/
54. leisure activities/ or recreation/ or dancing/
55. Health Facility Environment/
56. (rehabilitat$ or exercise$ or physiotherap$ or keep fit).tw.
57. (physical adj3 (therap$ or education or train$ or stimulat$ or fitness or activit$ or function)).tw.
58. ((exercise or movement or occupational or residential) adj5 (therap$ or train$ or treatment or program$)).tw.
59. ((strength$ or aerobic or resistance) adj3 activit$).tw.
60. (improve$ adj3 (function or mobil$ or recover$)).tw.
61. ((fitness or health) adj3 promotion).tw.
62. (danc$ or walk$ or yoga or tai chi or tai ji or ji quan or taiji or taijiquan or leisure activit$ or recreation$ or bicycl$ or cycl$ or bike$ or biking).tw.
63. ((endurance or balance or strength or flexibility or resistance) adj3 training).tw.
64. or/39‐63 [rehabilitation terms]
65. randomized controlled trials as topic/
66. random allocation/
67. controlled clinical trials as topic/
68. control groups/
69. clinical trials as topic/ or clinical trials, phase i as topic/ or clinical trials, phase ii as topic/ or clinical trials, phase iii as topic/ or clinical trials, phase iv as topic/
70. clinical trials data monitoring committees/
71. double‐blind method/
72. single‐blind method/
73. placebos/
74. placebo effect/
75. cross‐over studies/
76. multicenter studies as topic/
77. therapies, investigational/
78. drug evaluation/
79. research design/
80. program evaluation/
81. evaluation studies as topic/
82. randomized controlled trial.pt.
83. controlled clinical trial.pt.
84. (clinical trial or clinical trial phase i or clinical trial phase ii or clinical trial phase iii or clinical trial phase iv).pt.
85. multicenter study.pt.
86. (evaluation studies or comparative study).pt.
87. meta analysis.pt.
88. meta‐analysis as topic/
89. random$.tw.
90. (controlled adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
91. (clinical$ adj5 trial$).tw.
92. ((control or treatment or experiment$ or intervention) adj5 (group$ or subject$ or patient$)).tw.
93. (surgical adj5 (group$ or subject$ or patient$)).tw.
94. (quasi‐random$ or quasi random$ or pseudo‐random$ or pseudo random$).tw.
95. ((multicenter or multicentre or therapeutic) adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
96. ((control or experiment$ or conservative) adj5 (treatment or therapy or procedure or manage$)).tw.
97. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj5 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
98. (coin adj5 (flip or flipped or toss$)).tw.
99. latin square.tw.
100. versus.tw.
101. (cross‐over or cross over or crossover).tw.
102. placebo$.tw.
103. sham.tw.
104. (assign$ or alternate or allocat$ or counterbalance$ or multiple baseline).tw.
105. controls.tw.
106. (treatment$ adj6 order).tw.
107. (meta‐analy$ or metaanaly$ or meta analy$ or systematic review or systematic overview).tw.
108. or/65‐107
109. exp animals/ not humans.sh.
110. 108 not 109 [RCT Filter ‐ Cochrane Stroke Group]
111. 38 and 64 and 110 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care and rehabilitation terms and RCT]

Appendix 3. EMBASE search strategy

We used the following search strategy for EMBASE

1. "homes for the aged".tw.
2. exp nursing home/ or nursing home?.tw.
3. (aged adj2 (care or nursing or healthcare or residential) adj2 (facility or facilites or home?)).ti,ab.
4. ((geriatric or elderly) adj2 (facility or facilities or care home?)).ti,ab.
5. exp elderly care/
6. geriatric hospital/
7. or/1‐6 [care facilities ‐ aged terms]
8. aging/
9. gerontology/
10. (gerontol* or ageing or aging or elder* or geriatric* or seniors or old age or older or late* life).ti,ab.
11. (older adj (person* or people or adult* or patient* or inpatient* or outpatient*)).ti,ab.
12. veteran.ti,ab.
13. or/8‐12 [elderly terms]
14. nursing care/ or patient care/
15. Rehabilitation Nursing/ or Rehabilitation Center/
16. exp convalescence/
17. exp community health nursing/
18. residential care/
19. or/14‐18 [institutional care terms]
20. 19 and 13 [instutional care homes and elderly terms]
21. residential home/
22. assisted living facility/
23. residential home/
24. long term care/
25. Halfway House/
26. ((group or residential) adj home?).ti,ab.
27. ((hous$ or residental or residence? or institution$ or facility or facilities) adj5 (elder* or geriatric* or seniors or older or aged)).ti,ab.
28. ((residential or long‐term or longterm) adj5 (care or facility or facilities)).ti,ab.
29. ((sheltered or retirement or residential or halfway or half‐way) adj5 (hous$ or home? or accommodation)).ti,ab.
30. (life care cent$ or continuing care cent$ or extended care facility or extended care facilities).ti,ab.
31. ((care or convalescent) adj (home? or cent$ or facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 13
32. ((skilled or intermediate) adj2 (nursing facility or nursing facilities)).ti,ab. and 13
33. (healthcare adj2 (facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 13
34. assisted living.ti,ab.
35. or/21‐34 [other residential are terms]
36. 7 or 20 or 35 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care terms]
37. exp rehabilitation/
38. daily life activity/
39. exp Physiotherapy/ or physical activity/ or physical education/
40. exp KINESIOTHERAPY/
41. fitness/ or training/ or sport/
42. hydrotherapy/
43. mobilization/ or stimulation/
44. dancing/
45. health promotion/ or health education/ or health program/
46. recreation/ or leisure/
47. (rehabilitat$ or exercise$ or physiotherap$ or kinesiotherap$ or keep fit).tw.
48. (physical adj3 (therap$ or education or train$ or stimulat$ or fitness or activit$ or function)).tw.
49. ((exercise or movement or occupational or residential) adj5 (therap$ or train$ or treatment or program$)).tw.
50. ((strength$ or aerobic or resistance) adj3 activit$).tw.
51. (improve$ adj3 (function or mobil$ or recover$)).tw.
52. recovery of function/
53. ((fitness or health) adj3 promotion).tw.
54. (danc$ or walk$ or yoga or tai chi or tai ji or ji quan or taiji or taijiquan or leisure activit$ or recreation$ or bicycl$ or cycl$ or bike$ or biking).tw.
55. ((endurance or balance or strength or flexibility or resistance) adj3 training).tw.
56. or/37‐55 [rehab terms]
57. randomized controlled trial/
58. randomization/
59. controlled study/
60. control group/
61. clinical trial/ or phase 1 clinical trial/ or phase 2 clinical trial/ or phase 3 clinical trial/ or phase 4 clinical trial/ or controlled clinical trial/
62. crossover procedure/
63. double blind procedure/
64. single blind procedure/ or triple blind procedure/
65. latin square design/
66. parallel design/
67. placebo/
68. multicenter study/
69. experimental design/ or experimental study/ or quasi experimental study/
70. experimental therapy/
71. drug comparison/ or drug dose comparison/
72. drug screening/
73. evaluation/ or "evaluation and follow up"/ or evaluation research/ or clinical evaluation/
74. methodology/
75. "types of study"/
76. research subject/
77. comparative study/
78. "systematic review"/
79. meta analysis/
80. random$.tw.
81. (controlled adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
82. (clinical$ adj5 trial$).tw.
83. ((control or treatment or experiment$ or intervention) adj5 (group$ or subject$ or patients$)).tw.
84. (surgical adj5 (group$ or subject$ or patient$)).tw.
85. (quasi‐random$ or quasirandom$ or pseudo‐random$ or pseudorandom$).tw.
86. ((multicenter or multi center or multicentre or multi centre or therapeutic) adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
87. ((control or experiment$ or conservative) adj5 (treatment or therapy or procedure or manage$)).tw.
88. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj5 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
89. (coin adj5 (flip or flipped or toss$)).tw.
90. latin square.tw.
91. versus.tw.
92. (cross‐over or crossover).tw.
93. placebo$.tw.
94. sham.tw.
95. (assign$ or alternate or allocat$ or counterbalance$ or multiple baseline).tw.
96. controls.tw.
97. (treatment$ adj6 order).tw.
98. (meta‐analy$ or metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or systematic review or systematic overview).tw.
99. or/57‐98
100. human/
101. nonhuman/
102. 100 and 101
103. 101 not 102
104. 99 not 103 [RCT Filter]
105. 36 and 56 and 104 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care and rehabilitation terms and RCT]

Appendix 4. CINAHL search strategy

We used the following search strategy for CINAHL

Appendix 5. AMED search strategy

We used the following search strategy for AMED

1. "homes for the aged".tw.
2. nursing home?.tw.
3. (aged adj2 (care or nursing or healthcare or residential) adj2 (facility or facilites or home?)).ti,ab.
4. ((geriatric or elderly) adj2 (facility or facilities or care home?)).ti,ab.
5. exp Geriatric nursing/
6. geriatric assessment/
7. exp health services for the aged/
8. or/1‐7 [caring ‐ elderly terms]
9. aged/ or aging/
10. (gerontol* or ageing or aging or elder* or geriatric* or seniors or old age or older or late* life).ti,ab.
11. (older adj (person* or people or adult* or patient* or inpatient* or outpatient*)).ti,ab.
12. veteran.ti,ab.
13. or/9‐12 [elderly terms]
14. nursing care/
15. rehabilitation nursing.ti,ab.
16. (rehabilitation center$ or rehabilitation centre$).ti,ab.
17. rehabilitation speciality/
18. exp Institutionalization/
19. exp Community health nursing/
20. or/14‐19 [institutional care terms]
21. 13 and 20 [institutional care terms and elderly]
22. residential facilities/
23. exp Long term care/
24. ((group or residential) adj home?).ti,ab.
25. ((hous$ or residental or residence? or institution$ or facility or facilities) adj5 (elder* or geriatric* or seniors or older or aged)).ti,ab.
26. ((residential or long‐term or longterm) adj5 (care or facility or facilities)).ti,ab.
27. ((sheltered or retirement or residential or halfway or half‐way) adj5 (hous$ or home? or accommodation)).ti,ab.
28. (life care cent$ or continuing care cent$ or extended care facility or extended care facilities).ti,ab.
29. ((care or convalescent) adj (home? or cent$ or facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
30. ((skilled or intermediate) adj2 (nursing facility or nursing facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
31. (healthcare adj2 (facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
32. assisted living.ti,ab.
33. or/22‐32 [other residential terms]
34. 8 or 21 or 33 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care terms]
35. rehabilitation/
36. occupational therapy/
37. physical therapy modalities/
38. exp exercise therapy/
39. exp Hydrotherapy/
40. exp mobilisation/ or exp movement/
41. aqua.mp.
42. muscle strength/ or muscle weakness/ or pliability/
43. exp physical education/
44. exp Physical fitness/
45. recovery of function.ti,ab.
46. exp rehabilitation techniques/
47. exp Residential treatment/
48. "delivery of health care"/
49. (rehabilitat$ or exercise$ or physiotherap$ or keep fit).ti,ab.
50. (physical and (therap$ or education or train$ or stimulat$ or fitness or activit$ or function$)).ti,ab.
51. ((exercise or occupational or residential) and (therap$ or train$ or treatment or program$)).ti,ab.
52. ((strength$ or aerobic or resistance) and activit$).ti,ab.
53. (improve$ and (function or mobil$ or recover$)).ti,ab.
54. ((fitness or health) and promotion).ti,ab.
55. (danc$ or walk$ or yoga or tai chi or tai ji or tai chi or ji quan or taiji or taijiquan or leisure activit$ or recreation$ or bicycl$ or cycl$ or bike$ or biking).ti,ab.
56. ((endurance or balance or strength or flexibility or resistance) and train$).ti,ab.
57. or/35‐56 [rehab terms]
58. research design/
59. clinical trials/
60. randomized controlled trials/
61. comparative study/
62. double blind method/
63. meta analysis/
64. random allocation/
65. program evaluation/
66. placebos/
67. (evaluation studies or brief research report or clinical trial or clinical trial phase iii or meta analysis or clinical trialb or clinical trials or multicenter study or multicentre study or comparative studies or comparative study or randomised controlled trial or randomized controlled trial or "review academic" or controlled clinical trial or "review literature" or controlled trial).pt.
68. random$.tw.
69. (controlled adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
70. (clinical$ adj5 trial$).tw.
71. ((control or treatment or experiment$ or intervention) adj5 (group$ or subject$ or patient$)).tw.
72. (surgical adj5 group$).tw.
73. (quasi‐random$ or quasirandom$ or pseudo‐random$ or pseudorandom$).tw.
74. ((multicenter or multi center or multicentre or multi centre or therapeutic) adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.
75. ((control or experiment$ or conservative) adj5 (treatment or therapy or procedure or manage$)).tw.
76. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj5 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
77. (coin adj5 (flip or flipped or toss$)).tw.
78. latin square.tw.
79. versus.tw.
80. (cross‐over or crossover).tw.
81. placebo$.tw.
82. sham.tw.
83. (assign$ or alternate or allocat$ or counterbalance$ or multiple baseline).tw.
84. control$.tw.
85. (treatment$ adj6 order).tw.
86. (meta‐analy$ or metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or systematic review or systematic overview).tw.
87. or/58‐86 [RCT]
88. 35 and 57 and 87 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care and rehabilitation terms and RCT]

Appendix 6. PsycINFO search strategy

We used the following search strategy for PsycINFO

1. "homes for the aged".tw.
2. nursing home?.tw.
3. (aged adj2 (care or nursing or healthcare or residential) adj2 (facility or facilites or home?)).ti,ab.
4. ((geriatric or elderly) adj2 (facility or facilities or care home?)).ti,ab.
5. exp elder care/
6. or/1‐5 [care facilities/nursing ‐ aged terms]
7. exp Geriatric Patients/
8. exp Geriatrics/
9. exp Gerontology/
10. exp Aging/
11. (gerontol* or ageing or aging or elder* or geriatric* or seniors or old age or older or late* life).ti,ab.
12. (older adj (person* or people or adult* or patient* or inpatient* or outpatient*)).ti,ab.
13. veteran.ti,ab.
14. or/7‐13 [elderly terms]
15. exp Nursing/
16. exp Rehabilitation Centers/
17. rehabilitation/
18. exp Institutionalization/
19. or/15‐18 [institutional care terms]
20. 14 and 19 [elderly and institutional care terms]
21. exp Residential Care Institutions/
22. exp Treatment Facilities/
23. exp Assisted Living/
24. exp Group Homes/
25. exp Long Term Care/
26. ((group or residential) adj home?).tw.
27. ((hous$ or residental or residence? or institution$ or facility or facilities) adj5 (elder* or geriatric* or seniors or older or aged)).ti,ab.
28. ((residential or long‐term or longterm) adj5 (care or facility or facilities)).ti,ab.
29. ((sheltered or retirement or residential or halfway or half‐way) adj5 (hous$ or home? or accommodation)).ti,ab.
30. (life care cent$ or continuing care cent$ or extended care facility or extended care facilities).ti,ab.
31. ((care or convalescent) adj (home? or cent$ or facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
32. ((skilled or intermediate) adj2 (nursing facility or nursing facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
33. (healthcare adj2 (facility or facilities)).ti,ab. and 14
34. assisted living.ti,ab.
35. or/21‐34 [other residential care terms]
36. 6 or 20 or 35 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care terms]
37. exp REHABILITATION/
38. exp Motor Processes/
39. exp Movement Therapy/
40. exp Physical Fitness/
41. physical strength/
42. exp Therapeutic Environment/
43. exp Physical Endurance/
44. (rehabilitat$ or exercise$ or physiotherap$ or keep fit).tw.
45. (physical adj3 (therap$ or education or train$ or fitness or activit$ or function)).tw.
46. ((exercise or movement or occupational or residential) adj5 (therap$ or train$ or treatment or program$)).tw.
47. ((strength$ or aerobic or resistance) adj3 activit$).tw.
48. (improve$ adj3 (function or mobil$ or recover$)).tw.
49. ((fitness or health) adj3 promotion).tw.
50. (danc$ or walk$ or yoga or tai chi or tai ji or tai chi or ji quan or taiji or taijiquan or leisure activit$ or recreation$ or bicycl$ or cycl$ or bike$ or biking).tw.
51. ((endurance or balance or strength or flexibility or resistance) adj3 training).tw.
52. or/37‐51
53. 36 and 52 [care facilities/nursing ‐aged or institutional care terms and elder or other residential care and rehabilitation terms]

Appendix 7. 'Risk of bias' summary

Figure 7

Figure 7

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'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each 'Risk of bias' item for each included study