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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Effects of Two Short-Term Aerobic Exercises on Cognitive Function in Healthy Older Adults during COVID-19 Confinement in Japan: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Atsuko Miyazaki, Takashi Okuyama, Hayato Mori, Kazuhisa Sato, Keigo Kumamoto, Atsushi Hiyama

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Atsuko MiyazakiInformation Somatics Laboratory, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
Takashi OkuyamaInformation Somatics Laboratory, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
Hayato MoriSuper Reha, LLC., Tokyo 198-0074, Japan.
Kazuhisa SatoCare 21 Co., Ltd., Osaka 530-0003, Japan.
Keigo KumamotoGeneral Education Center, Nagano University of Health and Medicine, Nagano 381-2227, Japan.
Atsushi HiyamaInformation Somatics Laboratory, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPHitotsubashi University · JPNagano University of Health and Medicine · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerobic exercise improves executive function-which tends to decline with age-and dual-task training with aerobic exercise improves the global cognitive function. However, home-based older adults could not follow these programs due to social isolation during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Therefore, we conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial with 88 healthy older adults without dementia or sarcopenia who were randomly assigned into the Nordic walking (aerobic exercise), dance (dual-task training with aerobic exercise), or control group. The participants in both exercise intervention groups trained for 30 min, three times per week, for 4 weeks. All groups consumed amino acid-containing foods three times per week. We found that both exercise intervention groups showed improvements in executive function, while the dance group showed additional improvement in global cognitive function. The dance group showed a higher maximum gait speed, greater improvement in imitation ability, and improved executive function and cognitive function than the Nordic walking group. The intervention programs did not significantly affect the muscle mass or muscle output than the control group; however, both programs improved the participant neurological functions such as the heel lift, with dance training being the most effective intervention. In conclusion, dance training effectively improves cognitive function.

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COVID-19AgedCognitionExerciseHumansJapanPilot ProjectsSingle-Blind Methodaerobic exercisebody compositioncognitive functionCOVID-19dancingNordic walkingolder adultsphysical function

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PMID35627740
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