Effects of functional tasks exercise on older adults with cognitive impairment at risk of Alzheimer's disease: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

ACTRN12610001025022.

Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review

“…Finally, 81 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility by applying the inclusion/ exclusion criteria, whereby 34 articles were excluded after analyzing the full articles (not an RCT [n = 19], no cognitive therapy [n = 9], not about dementia patients or at risk for dementia [n = 5], or not in English [n = 1]). The total number of trials included in the review was 47. Quality criteria of the RCTs were based on 2008 SIGN checklists.…”

“…Herrera et al [43] found an increase for the doors recognition test for the patients in the treatment condition, while the controls showed a decrease. Law et al [47] found a stronger increase among the patients who were in the intervention group for Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE) composite and NCSE normal compared to the control, and Ngandu et al [52] found the same for the neuropsychological test battery measurement.…”

“…Results showed that general cognition, mostly measured by MMSE and ADAS-Cog, differed significantly between intervention and control in almost half of the studies [36,37,39,40,43,44,47,48,52,54], although most studies found an effect for one measurement of cognition and not for the other, except for Förster et al [40] and Huntley et al [44]. In these two studies, patients of the experimental group increased their cognition relatively more than the control group after intervention, both for the ADAS-Cog and the MMSE.…”

“…In particular, Herrera et al [43] found an effect on working memory and recall, where patients improved better than controls after the intervention. Law et al [47] found a positive effect on verbal learning and on the TMT-A, whereby patients in the intervention group showed better functioning than the control, and Mavros et al [49] found that participants of the intervention group scored relatively better on the BVRT and memory domain than control. Ngandu et al [52] found that patients scored better at executive functioning, processing speed, and memory after the intervention compared to the control conditions.…”

Perceptions of Older Adults on the Use of an Interactive Video Game in Promoting Health and Well-Being

“…As the complexity of the level increased, the speed, size, and quantity of the coins differed, allowing the individual to make the necessary quick decision to reach for the coins. Through the use of functional task exercises, older adults with mild cognitive impairment demonstrated improvement in cognitive function (Law, Barnett, Yau, & Gray, 2014). Current literature supports the possibility of the cognitive benefits associated with physical activities to enhance neuroplasticity and prevent diseases that are associated with the decline in cognition (Hötting & Röder, 2013).…”