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Trial reportDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders2018

Effects of Physical Activity in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Marinda Henskens, Ilse M Nauta, Marieke C A van Eekeren, Erik J A Scherder

Open access · hybridAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 19 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The effect of exercise on the improvement of verbal fluency, spatial working memory, and the three major executive functions in elderly alzheimer's patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  11. Physical and Motor Fitness Tests for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marinda HenskensDepartment of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ilse M NautaDepartment of Neurology, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marieke C A van EekerentanteLouise, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands.
Erik J A ScherderDepartment of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLTante Louise · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsThere is no consensus regarding the optimal nonpharmacological intervention to slow down dementia-related decline. We examined whether physical stimulation interventions were effective in reducing cognitive, physical, mood, and behavioral decline in nursing home residents with dementia.

methodsEighty-seven nursing home residents with dementia were randomly assigned to 3 physical activity interventions: activities of daily living (ADL) training, multicomponent exercise training, or combined multicomponent exercise and ADL training. Outcomes were measured at baseline, and after 3 and 6 months.

resultsA 6-month ADL training benefitted executive functions, physical endurance, and depression among men. Exercise training benefitted only grip strength of participants with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment. A combined training benefitted functional mobility compared to ADL training, depressive symptoms and agitation compared to exercise training, and physical endurance compared to no physical stimulation.

conclusionsADL training appears to be effective for nursing home residents with moderately severe dementia. It remains unclear whether exercise training is an effective type of stimulation.

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Activities of Daily LivingExerciseHomes for the AgedNursing HomesAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseCombined Modality TherapyDepressive DisorderExecutive FunctionFemaleHand StrengthHumansMalePhysical EndurancePsychomotor AgitationActivities of daily livingBehaviorCognitionDementiaExerciseMoodNursing homePhysical functions

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PMID30145595
PMCPMC6187838
OpenAlexW2888563802

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