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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2013

Enhancing cognitive functioning in the elderly: multicomponent vs resistance training.

Roberta Forte, Colin A G Boreham, Joao Costa Leite, Giuseppe De Vito, Lorraine Brennan, Eileen R Gibney, Caterina Pesce

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04840368 (Cardiovascular Risk and Functional Responses From Dancing at Home Compared With Walking in Elderly Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04840368 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Cardiovascular Risk and Functional Responses From Dancing at Home Compared With Walking in Elderly Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFederal University of Rio Grande do SulRan2021 to 2023Enrolled60ConditionsAging, Type2 DiabetesArmsDancing
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A Comparison of the Effect of Physical Activity and Cognitive Training on Dual-Task Performance in Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022
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  19. A peripheral perspective on brain health: vascular and skeletal muscle contributions.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberta ForteInstitute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Colin A G Boreham
Joao Costa Leite
Giuseppe De Vito
Lorraine Brennan
Eileen R Gibney
Caterina Pesce
University College Dublin · IEForo Italico University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe primary purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two different exercise training programs on executive cognitive functions and functional mobility in older adults. A secondary purpose was to explore the potential mediators of training effects on executive function and functional mobility with particular reference to physical fitness gains.

methodsA sample of 42 healthy community dwelling adults aged 65 to 75 years participated twice weekly for 3 months in either: (1) multicomponent training, prioritizing neuromuscular coordination, balance, agility, and cognitive executive control; or (2) progressive resistance training for strength conditioning. Participants were tested at baseline (T(1)), following a 4-week control period (T(2)), and finally at postintervention (T(3)) for executive function (inhibition and cognitive flexibility) and functional mobility (maximal walking speed with and without additional task requirements). Cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness were also assessed as potential mediators.

resultsIndices of inhibition, the functions involved in the deliberate withholding of prepotent or automatic responses, and measures of functional mobility improved after the intervention, independent of training type. Mediation analysis suggested that different mechanisms underlie the effects of multicomponent and progressive resistance training. While multicomponent training seemed to directly affect inhibitory capacity, resistance training seemed to affect it indirectly through gains in muscular strength. Physical fitness and executive function variables did not mediate functional mobility changes.

conclusionThese results confirm that physical training benefits executive function and suggest that different training types might lead to such benefits through different pathways. Both types of training also promoted functional mobility in older adulthood; however, neither inhibitory capacity, nor muscular strength gains seemed to explain functional mobility outcomes.

Indexed as

CognitionAgedAgingExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMobility LimitationMuscle StrengthPhysical FitnessPostural BalanceResistance Trainingagingexecutive functionfunctional mobilityphysical fitnessphysical training

Identifiers

PMID23341738
PMCPMC3546758
OpenAlexW2145757755

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