SynthesisBrain and behavior2023
Effects of exercise interventions in Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis.
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- Effects of exercise interventions on cognitive function in patients with cognitive dysfunction: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of physical exercise on neuroinflammation mechanism in Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of exercise interventions in Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise and fluoxetine in Alzheimer's disease: Molecular mechanisms of synergistic and antagonistic effects (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Recent applications of EEG-based brain-computer-interface in the medical field.Military Medical Research · 2025Review
- Neurotrophins as Potential Gene Therapy Targets for Huntington's Disease.Current gene therapy · 2025Review
- Systemic Modulators: Potential Mechanism for the 5-HT System to Mediate Exercise Amelioration in Alzheimer's Disease.Aging and disease · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of exercise intervention in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by meta-analysis.
methodsFrom January 2000 to January 2022, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, and WanFang databases were searched for all studies on the clinical efficacy of exercise intervention in the treatment of AD patients. Stata 17.0 statistical software was used for meta-analysis.
resultsSpecifically, data of 983 patients were subjected to meta-analysis, including 463 patients in the control group (conventional drug therapy) and 520 patients in the treatment group (physical exercise on the basis of conventional therapy). The results of meta-analysis showed that Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADL) score in the treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Further subgroup analysis of exercise intervention >16 weeks found that MMSE and ADL scores in the treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Subgroup analysis of exercise intervention ≤16 weeks demonstrated that MMSE and ADL in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group. In addition, the treatment group had a significant lower Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) score compared with the control group (SMD = -0.76, 95% CI (-1.37, -0.16), p = .013); subgroup analysis showed that the NPI score in the treatment group were lower than that in the control group when exercise intervention was >16 weeks [SMD = -1.01, 95% CI (-1.99, -0.04), p = .042] and ≤16 weeks [SMD = 0.43, 95% CI (-0.82, -0.03), p = .034].
conclusionExercise intervention can improve the neuropsychiatric symptoms, activities of daily living and cognitive function of AD patients, but the improvement is not significant in case of exercise intervention ≤16 weeks.
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