You are here

  • Home
  • Archive
  • Volume 18, Issue 1
  • Exercise programmes for older people with dementia may have an effect on cognitive function and activities of daily living, but studies give inconsistent results

Article Text

Article menu

Download PDFPDF

Care of the older person
Analysis
Exercise programmes for older people with dementia may have an effect on cognitive function and activities of daily living, but studies give inconsistent results
Free
  1. Eric D Vidoni,
  2. Jeffrey M Burns
  1. University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center, Fairway, Kansas, USA
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Eric D Vidoni, University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center, 4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway, MS6002, Fairway KS, 66205, USA; evidoni{at}kumc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2014-101737

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    Commentary on: Forbes D, Thiessen EJ, Blake CM, et al. Exercise programs for people with dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;12:CD006489.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • Exercise appears to modestly improve cognition and performance on activities of daily living.

    • Family caregivers who supervise home exercise programmes may have reduced burden.

    • Clinicians should feel confident in prescribing exercise for persons with dementia.

    • Future work should focus on homogenous samples and clear intervention protocols to help define meaningful treatment effects.

    Context

    The lack of success in phase 3 antiamyloid trials has increased attention on lifestyle interventions to slow dementia progression and improve function.1 ,2 Exercise intervention trials are difficult and costly, especially …

    View Full Text