Effects of combined resistance training and cognitive training on memory in elderly with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia

Vries, N. de (Nienke) (2012) Effects of combined resistance training and cognitive training on memory in elderly with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

Background: The population ages and the prevalence of dementia increases. Early intervention is necessary to slow cognitive decline. Objective: The objective of this pilot study is to investigate the effects of a combined resistance (RT) and cognitive training (CT) on memory in elderly with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia (MD). Methods: 15 elderly with MCI or MD were randomly allocated to an 8-week twice-weekly combined RT and CT (n=7) or social visits intervention (SV) (n=8). The primary outcome measure was memory including short term and long term verbal and visuo-spatial memory. Secondary outcome measures consisted of global cognition and seven physical tests. Results: The intervention did not yield significant improvements in memory but there was a small effect for the visual memory span forward test and a nearly medium effect for global cognition. Other memory tests showed small to medium effects in favor of the control group. The intervention significantly improved leg strength. Conclusion: Although there were no significant effects on memory, there are some possibly clinically relevant effects. Future studies should include longer intervention periods, larger sample sizes and both a RT only and CT only group to investigate whether CT and RT interact to optimize effects.

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Supervisors: and Heuvelen Dr. M.J.G. van and and Hortobagyi, Prof. Dr. T. and Center for Human Movement Sciences and Groningen.
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 10:58
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 10:58
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1866

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