Background: Exercise that challenges balance is the most effective fall prevention intervention in community-dwelling older adults. Identifying factors influencing implementation of community fall prevention exercise programs is a critical step in developing strategies to support program delivery. Objective: To identify implementation facilitators, barriers, and details reported in peer-reviewed publications on community fall prevention exercise for older adults. Design: Scoping review. Methods: We searched multiple databases up to July 2023 for English-language publications that reported facilitators and/or barriers to implementing an evidence-based fall prevention exercise program in adults aged 50+ years living independently. At least two reviewers independently identified publications and extracted article, implementation, and exercise program characteristics and coded barriers and facilitators using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Results: We included 22 publications between 2001 and July 2023 that reported factors influencing implementation of 10 exercise programs. 293 factors were reported: 183 facilitators, 91 barriers, 6 described as both a facilitator and barrier, and 13 unspecified factors. Factors represented 33 CFIR constructs across all five CFIR domains: implementation inner setting (n = 95 factors); innovation (exercise program) characteristics (n = 84); individuals involved (n = 54); implementation process (n = 40) and outer setting (n = 20). Eight publications reported implementation strategies used; 6 reported using a conceptual framework; and 13 reported implementation outcomes. Conclusion: The high number of factors reflects the complexity of fall prevention exercise implementation. The low reporting of implementation strategies, frameworks and outcomes highlight the ongoing need for work to implement and sustain community fall prevention exercise programs.

Background/Objectives: Individuals experiencing long COVID (LC) frequently report orthostatic intolerance symptoms, which may be linked to autonomic and cardiovascular dysfunction. The active standing test provides a simple, clinically relevant means to assess these impairments. This systematic review aims to determine the use of the active standing orthostatic stress test in evaluating cardiovascular, autonomic, and respiratory responses in people experiencing LC. Methods: A systematic search, according to PRISMA guidelines, was conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Scopus for articles published between 2020 and 2025. This study was registered in PROSPERO CRD-42024615872. Studies were included if they used the active standing test, enrolled adults (≥18 years), included both long COVID and healthy control groups, used continuous beat-to-beat measurements, and reported physiological outcomes. Risk of bias was assessed using the nine-point Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. Results: Three studies (216 participants experiencing LC and 186 controls) met the inclusion criteria. Across studies, LC individuals consistently exhibited elevated heart rate in both supine and standing positions. However, blood pressure findings were more variable: only one study reported 13% of participants met orthostatic hypotension criteria, while another found significant increases in diastolic blood pressure during standing. Long COVID groups also showed reduced heart rate variability compared to controls. Conclusions: Individuals experiencing LC show elevated heart rate and impaired autonomic function during active standing, with subgroup-specific blood pressure changes. These alterations may contribute to dizziness, fatigue, and reduced activity tolerance. Incorporating active standing into clinical assessment could aid early identification of autonomic dysfunction and inform rehabilitation strategies, though more research is urgently needed.

Background/Objective: Individuals experiencing long-COVID frequently report or-thostatic intolerance symptoms, which may be linked to autonomic and cardiovascular dysfunction. The active standing test provides a simple, clinically relevant means to assess these impairments. This systematic review aims to determine the use of the ac-tive standing orthostatic stress test in evaluating cardiovascular, autonomic, and res-piratory responses in people experiencing LC. Methods: A systematic search, accord-ing to PRISMA guidelines, was conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Scopus for articles published between 2020 and 2025. This study was registered in PROSPERO CRD-42024615872. Studies were included if they used the active standing test, enrolled adults (≥18 years), included both Long-COVID and healthy control groups, used continuous beat-to-beat measurements, and reported physiological out-comes. Risk of bias was assessed using the nine-point Newcastle-Ottawa-Scale. Re-sults: Three studies (216 participants with Long-COVID and 186 controls) met the in-clusion criteria. Across studies, Long-COVID individuals consistently exhibited ele-vated heart rate in both supine and standing positions. However, blood pressure find-ings were more variable: only one study reported 13% of participants met orthostatic hypotension criteria, while another found significant increases in diastolic blood pres-sure during standing. Long-COVID groups also showed reduced heart rate variability compared to controls. Conclusions: Individuals experiencing Long-COVID show ele-vated heart rate and impaired autonomic function during active standing, with sub-group-specific blood pressure changes. These alterations may contribute to dizziness, fatigue, and reduced activity tolerance. Incorporating active standing into clinical as-sessment could aid early identification of autonomic dysfunction and inform rehabili-tation strategies, though more research is urgently needed.