Physical activity and cognitive function among older adults in China:A systematic review

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    摘要 Background:Physicalactivity(PA)hasbeenshowntobenefitcognitivefunctioninolderadults.However,thecognitivebenefitsofexercisingforolderChineseadultshavenotbeensystematicallydocumented.ThisstudywastoconductasystematicreviewonevidencethatPAisbeneficialforcognitivefunctioninginolderChineseadults.Methods:Majordatabases,includingPubMed,EMBASE,CochraneLibrary,WanFang,CNKI,andVIP,weresearchedforstudiespublishedinEnglishorChinesebetweenJanuary2000andDecember2015.Randomizedandnon-randomizedcontrolledtrials(RCTsandnon-RCTs),cohort,case-controlandcross-sectionalstudiesthatevaluatedPAandcognitivefunctionamongolderChineseadultswereincludedinthisreview.Results:Of53studiesincludedandreviewed,33wereobservational(22cross-sectional,7case-control,and4cohort)and20wereexperimental(15RCTs,5non-RCTs).Observationalstudiesshowedanassociationofreducedriskofcognitive-relateddiseases(i.e.,mildcognitiveimpairment,Alzheimer’sdisease,anddementia)throughPA,whereasexperimentalstudiesreportedexercise-inducedimprovementinmultipledomainsofcognitivefunction(i.e.,globalcognitivefunction,memory,executivefunction,attention,language,andprocessingrecourse).Conclusion:ThissystematicreviewprovidesinitialevidencethatPAmaybenefitcognitioninolderChineseadults.FurtherstudiesofindividualswithcognitiveimpairmentsandprospectiveandRCTstudieshavinghighscientificrigorareneededtocorroboratethefindingsreportedinthisreview.
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    出版日期 2016年03月13日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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