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Meta-analysis was conducted with RevMan 5.4.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Research from 15 randomized controlled trials, comprising 792 older patients with a diagnosis of PD, was included in the analysis. Aerobic training (AT) and Resistance training (RT) significantly improved UPDRS-III (AT, SMD = -5.69, 95% CI: -8.67 to -2.71, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0002, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 82%; RT, SMD = -3.01, 95% CI: -4.89 to -1.12, p = 0.002, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 0%) and Gait Velocity(AT, SMD = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.58 to 1.18, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.00001, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 42%; RT, SMD = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.10 to 0.94, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.01, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 55%). AT showed no difference in Mini-BESTest (AT, SMD = 2.12, 95% CI: -0.70 to 4.94, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.14, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 90%). RT showed no change in TUG (RT, SMD = -0.03, 95% CI: -1.60 to 1.54, p = 0.97, I2 = 63%).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Resistance training stood out as the most effective approach to boost performance on the mini-BESTest. 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