Why the study?
Does physical activity and exercise improve cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia?
Does physical activity and exercise improve cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia?
Physical activity and exercise show potential benefits for cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in MCI and dementia, though current evidence is of low-to-moderate certainty.
Physical activity may benefit MCI/dementia patients; extends evidence base yet leaves optimal regimens open due to low-moderate certainty.
Supported by very low-to-moderate certainty of evidence, physical activity/exercise has a positive effect on several cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in people with MCI and dementia, but RCTs, with low risk of bias/confounding, are still needed to confirm these relationships.
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Demurtas et al. (2020) studied this question.
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