Comparing the effects of physical training and cognitive training on improving executive function in mild dementia

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: people with mild dementia; mild dementia

• Registration Number: TCTR20190606001
• Lead Sponsor: ational Yang-Ming University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-06
• Study Completion: 2019-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

1) age> 65 years old with diagnosis of dementia, 2) Mini- Mental State Examination (MMSE) score between 20 and 26 3) ability to walk at least 10 m without assistance, and 4) ability to understand and follow the order.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who have musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiopulmonary, psychiatry illness, or diagnosis learning disability to affect participating the study will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fall risk pre-test and post-test Fall risk assessment & Screening tool ,executive function pre-test and post-test Frontal Assessment Battery,executive function pre-test and post-test Trail making test,executive function pre-test and post-test Category Fluency test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance pre-test and post-test Time Up & Go tes,Cognition pre-test and post-test Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale,Brain activity in prefrontal cortex pre-test and post-test Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy,Fall risk pre-test and post-test Modified Falls Efficacy Scale