Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study
Timothy CY Kwok1,2, KC Lam2, PS Wong2, WW Chau2, Kenneth SL Yuen2,3, KT Ting2, Elite WK Chung2, Jessie CY Li2, Florence KY Ho2,41Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, 3Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psycho...
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| author | Kwok TCY Lam KC Wong PS Chau WW Yuen KSL Ting KT Chung EWK Li JCY Ho FKY. |
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| description | Timothy CY Kwok1,2, KC Lam2, PS Wong2, WW Chau2, Kenneth SL Yuen2,3, KT Ting2, Elite WK Chung2, Jessie CY Li2, Florence KY Ho2,41Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, 3Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, 4Jockey Club CADENZA Hub, Hong Kong SARBackground: Studies on the effect of a low intensity coordination exercise on the elderly with limited mobility are sparse. This prospective study attempted to compare the effectiveness of a customized coordination exercise and a strength exercise in improving the cognitive functioning and physical mobility on the elderly.Methods: Participants from two centers for the elderly were allocated to practice either an 8-week coordination training (CT) program or an 8-week towel exercise (TE) program. The Chinese Mini-Mental State Examination and Chinese Dementia Rating Scale (CDRS) were used to measure cognitive functioning of participants, and Timed Up-and-Go test for physical mobility. These assessments were administered before and after the program.Results: Paired t-tests showed that the CDRS scores of the CT group improved significantly from 114.8 at pre-test to 119.3 after training (P = 0.045). The CDRS scores of the TE group also improved from 114.9 at pre-test to 116.9 after training.Conclusion: Findings from this prospective study demonstrated that low-intensity level mind-body exercise could be beneficial to the cognitive functioning of older adults.Keywords: coordination exercise, cognitive function, elderly, Chinese |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4307184b7aeb4b4cbeaa4b34c2454e6d2022-12-21T23:10:44ZengDove Medical PressClinical Interventions in Aging1178-19982011-09-01Volume 62612678382Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective studyKwok TCYLam KCWong PSChau WWYuen KSLTing KTChung EWKLi JCYHo FKY.Timothy CY Kwok1,2, KC Lam2, PS Wong2, WW Chau2, Kenneth SL Yuen2,3, KT Ting2, Elite WK Chung2, Jessie CY Li2, Florence KY Ho2,41Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, 3Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, 4Jockey Club CADENZA Hub, Hong Kong SARBackground: Studies on the effect of a low intensity coordination exercise on the elderly with limited mobility are sparse. This prospective study attempted to compare the effectiveness of a customized coordination exercise and a strength exercise in improving the cognitive functioning and physical mobility on the elderly.Methods: Participants from two centers for the elderly were allocated to practice either an 8-week coordination training (CT) program or an 8-week towel exercise (TE) program. The Chinese Mini-Mental State Examination and Chinese Dementia Rating Scale (CDRS) were used to measure cognitive functioning of participants, and Timed Up-and-Go test for physical mobility. These assessments were administered before and after the program.Results: Paired t-tests showed that the CDRS scores of the CT group improved significantly from 114.8 at pre-test to 119.3 after training (P = 0.045). The CDRS scores of the TE group also improved from 114.9 at pre-test to 116.9 after training.Conclusion: Findings from this prospective study demonstrated that low-intensity level mind-body exercise could be beneficial to the cognitive functioning of older adults.Keywords: coordination exercise, cognitive function, elderly, Chinesehttps://www.dovepress.com/effectiveness-of-coordination-exercise-in-improving-cognitive-function-peer-reviewed-article-CIACoordination exercisecognitive functionelderlyChinese |
| spellingShingle | Kwok TCY Lam KC Wong PS Chau WW Yuen KSL Ting KT Chung EWK Li JCY Ho FKY. Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study Clinical Interventions in Aging Coordination exercise cognitive function elderly Chinese |
| title | Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study |
| title_full | Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study |
| title_short | Effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults: a prospective study |
| title_sort | effectiveness of coordination exercise in improving cognitive function in older adults a prospective study |
| topic | Coordination exercise cognitive function elderly Chinese |
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