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Group-Based Exercise as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Improvement of Mental Outcomes in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Patients in Low Resource Care Facilities
- Source :
- Asian Journal of Sports Medicine. 12
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Briefland, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Exercise is related to enhanced cognitive functioning and brain plasticity. Exercise might represent a potential adjunctive treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Furthermore, group exercise may prove especially useful due to its additional benefits. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of low-cost, group-based exercise on mental outcomes in patients with mild to moderate AD. Methods: Participants with mild to moderate AD were randomized to either a non-exercising control (CON) group or a group-exercise (GEX) group (n = 20 each). The GEX participated in eight weeks of three-times-weekly non-consecutive 45-minute sessions consisting of balance, resistance, aerobic, and flexibility exercises to determine their effect on mental outcomes, namely, cognitive function, activities of daily living (ADLs), and quality of life (QOL). Results: The intervention program showed a significant (P ≤ 0.05) increase in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores (P = 0.023). While the GEX were found to have no change in their (Alzheimer’s disease cooperative study activities of daily living) ADCS-ADL scores (P = 0.574). The CON demonstrated a significant, but deleterious 13.77% decrease in their ADCS-ADL scores from pre- to mid-test (P = 0.023) and from pre- to post-test (P = 0.038). Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease (QOL-AD) scores were unchanged in both the GEX and CON. Conclusions: Our results indicate that a low-cost, multidimensional group exercise intervention can positively influence cognitive function and improve patients with mild to moderate AD ability to perform ADLs.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Activities of daily living
business.industry
Cognition
Disease
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Adjunctive treatment
medicine
Physical therapy
Dementia
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Cognitive skill
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Balance (ability)
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20087209 and 2008000X
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6912248ff441cf0ed9006ded2a93c037