en استانداردهای بهداشتی جانبازان يا معلولان Health Service Standards of Veterans or Handicapped پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Aims</span></b><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: This study examined the effect of an 8-week pickleball program on balance, fear of falling, quality of life (QOL), and executive function in older adults.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Methods</span></b><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: </span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Thirty-four male older adults (</span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">aged between 60 and 75 years</span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">) were divided into intervention and control groups, with the intervention group (IG) performing an eight-week pickleball program. Balance, fear of falling, quality of life, and executive function were assessed using the Timed Up and Go test under a dual-task condition, the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), and the </span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Tower of London test, respectively.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Findings</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: </span></span></span><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">It was found that IG showed a significant difference compared to CG for the total score (P = 0.026, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.150), total time (P = 0.044, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.125), and number of errors of the TOL test (P = 0.020, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.163), respectively, reflecting an improvement in executive function. Regarding FES-I, IG showed a significant difference compared to CG (P = 0.006, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.217), indicating decreased fear of falling after intervention. Additionally, IG showed a significant difference compared to CG for the TUG test (P= 0.031, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.141), indicating a greater improvement in balance. For SF-36, IG demonstrated a significant difference compared to CG (P = 0.033, &eta;&sup2;p = 0.138), suggesting a positive effect of the intervention on the QOL.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">These findings contribute to the growing body of evidence suggesting that participation in physical activities such as pickleball should be interpreted as preliminary and associative rather than causal.</span></span></span> Aging,Exercise,Balance,Fall,Pickleball 1001 1011 http://ijwph.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2405-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 S.M. Mahrouqi Moein.mahrouqi@gmail.com 15300319475328460029192 15300319475328460029192 No E. Ebrahimi ebrahimeebrahimi703@gmail.com 15300319475328460029193 15300319475328460029193 Yes Sh. Davoodeh shimadavoodeh@yahoo.com 15300319475328460029194 15300319475328460029194 No M. Khosravi mojtaba.khosravi@ut.ac.ir 15300319475328460029195 15300319475328460029195 No . S.E. Mousavi seyedebrahimmoosavi76@gmail.com 15300319475328460029196 15300319475328460029196 No S.A.H. Nourbakhsh alihossein@sport.uk.ac.ir 15300319475328460029197 15300319475328460029197 No