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Trial reportThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2016

The Impact of a Home-Based Computerized Cognitive Training Intervention on Fall Risk Measure Performance in Community Dwelling Older Adults, a Pilot Study.

J Blackwood, T Shubert, K Fogarty, C Chase

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04439591 (Group-based Brain-computer Interface), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04439591 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Group-based Brain-computer Interface (BCI) Cognitive Training in Healthy Older Adults: An Evaluation of Programme Implementation and Effectiveness in Neighborhood Community Centers

TypeinterventionalSponsorGeriatric Education and Research InstituteRan2017 to 2018Enrolled94ConditionsCognitionArmsComputerised cognitive training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Cognitive-Based Interventions to Improve Mobility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2018
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  18. Workshop on Synergies Between Alzheimer's Research and Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics: Current Status and Future Directions.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J BlackwoodJ. Blackwood, University of Michigan-Flint, Physical Therapy, 303 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502, USA, 8107623373, FAX: 8107666668, jblackwo@umflint.edu.
T Shubert
K Fogarty
C Chase
Western Michigan University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCognitive intervention studies have reported improvements in various domains of cognition as well as a transfer effect of improved function post training. Despite the availability of web based cognitive training programs, most intervention studies have been performed under the supervision of researchers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to first, examine the feasibility of a six week home based computerized cognitive training (CCT) program in a group of community dwelling older adults and, second, to determine if a CCT program which focused on set shifting, attention, and visual spatial ability impacted fall risk measure performance.

designThis pilot study used a pretest/posttest experimental design with randomization by testing site to an intervention or control group.

participantsCommunity dwelling older adults (mean age = 74.6 years) participated in either the control (N=25) or the intervention group (N=19).

interventionIntervention group subjects participated in 6 weeks of home based CCT 3x/week for an average of 23 minutes/session, using an online CCT program. MEASUREMENTS: Comparisons of mean scores on three measures of physical function (usual gait speed, five times sit to stand, timed up and go) were completed at baseline and week 7.

resultsFollowing the completion of an average of 18 sessions of CCT at home with good adherence (86%) and retention (92%) rates, a statistically significant difference in gait speed was found between groups with an average improvement of 0.14 m/s in the intervention group.

conclusionA home based CCT program is a feasible approach to targeting cognitive impairments known to influence fall risk and changes in gait in older adults.

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CognitionComputersGaitPostural BalanceProgram EvaluationAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overCognition DisordersFemaleHome Care ServicesHumansIndependent LivingMaleMovementPilot Projects

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PMID26812509
PMCPMC12877680
OpenAlexW1639476760

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