Acute effects of exergames on cognitive function of institutionalized older persons: a single-blinded, randomized and controlled pilot study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 387-394

  Monteiro Junior, Renato Sobral ^a,b,c   da Silva Figueiredo, Luiz Felipe ^c,d   Maciel Pinheiro, Paulo de Tarso ^b,c   Abud, Erick Lohan Rodrigues ^c   Braga, Ana Elisa Mendes Montalvão ^c   Barca, Maria Lage ^f   Engedal, Knut ^g   Nascimento, Osvaldo José M ^b   Deslandes, Andrea Camaz ^c,e   Laks, Jerson ^d,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^g Vestfold Health Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Memory; Mental health; Physical activity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84973137645     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0595-5     Document Type: Article

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