A 12-Week Physical and Cognitive Exercise Program Can Improve Cognitive Function and Neural Efficiency in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 63; no. 7; pp. 1355 - 1363
• Main Authors: Nishiguchi, Shu, Yamada, Minoru, Tanigawa, Takanori, Sekiyama, Kaoru, Kawagoe, Toshikazu, Suzuki, Maki, Yoshikawa, Sakiko, Abe, Nobuhito, Otsuka, Yuki, Nakai, Ryusuke, Aoyama, Tomoki, Tsuboyama, Tadao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Brain - physiology; Clinical trials; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; cognitive improvement; Executive Function - physiology; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Female; fMRI; Geriatrics; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Japan; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory - physiology; Middle Aged; physical and cognitive exercise program; randomized controlled trial; Treatment Outcome; Walking - physiology; Japan; physical and cognitive exercise program; fMRI; cognitive improvement; randomized controlled trial
• ISSN: 0002-8614; 1532-5415; 1532-5415
• DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13481

Objectives To investigate whether a 12‐week physical and cognitive exercise program can improve cognitive function and brain activation efficiency in community‐dwelling older adults. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Kyoto, Japan. Participants Community‐dwelling older adults (N = 48) were...