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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Benefits of VR Physical Exercise on Cognition in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Kohei Sakaki, Rui Nouchi, Yutaka Matsuzaki, Toshiki Saito, Jérôme Dinet, Ryuta Kawashima

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kohei SakakiDepartment of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3174-497X
Rui NouchiDepartment of Cognitive Health Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Yutaka MatsuzakiDivision of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7504-2027
Toshiki SaitoDepartment of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Jérôme DinetPsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Université de Lorraine, 2LPN, F-54000 Nancy, France.
Ryuta KawashimaDepartment of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16KT0002Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H01760Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H05003Tohoku University Tohoku University-Université de Lorraine Joint Research Fund 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that physical exercise has beneficial effects on cognitive function in older adults. Recently, several physical exercise programs with virtual reality (VR) have been proposed to support physical exercise benefits. However, it is still unclear whether VR physical exercise (VR-PE) has positive effects on cognitive function in older adults. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review (SR) of the effects of VR-PE on cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive decline. We used academic databases to search for research papers. The criteria were intervention study using any VR-PE, participants were older adults with and without mild cognitive decline (not dementia), and cognitive functions were assessed. We found that 6 of 11 eligible studies reported the significant benefits of the VR-PE on a wide range of cognitive functions in aging populations. The SR revealed that VR-PE has beneficial effects on the inhibition of executive functions in older adults with and without mild cognitive decline. Moreover, VR-PE selectively leads to improvements in shifting and general cognitive performance in healthy older adults. The SR suggests that VR-PE could be a successful approach to improve cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive decline.

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cognitive declinescognitive functionolder adultsphysical interventionvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID34356259
PMCPMC8306887

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