Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 7, 2025
Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment
Published on: September 20, 2020
Effects of multi-domain cognitive-motor training in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A
Hong Yu1, Bing Xin Ma2, Ya Cheng Feng3
1School of Nursing, Hebei Medical University, 361 Zhongshan East Road, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
Abstract:
This study aimed to examine the effect of a multi-domain cognitive-motor training program at different durations on cognitive function in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) in China. Seventy-two older adults from a large nursing home were randomized to the multi-domain, cognitive-motor training group and usual care control group. Cognitive function included global cognition, attention, language performance, visuospatial ability, and executive function were assessed at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks. The multi-domain, cognitive-motor training program significantly improved global cognition (p < 0.05), visuospatial ability (p < 0.05), and executive function (p < 0.05) after 12- and 24- week intervention. Older adults in the training program showed significant improvements in most cognitive subdomains after 12 and 24 weeks, but not in attention and executive function after 12 weeks. The findings suggest that long-duration multi-domain cognitive-motor training positively affects cognitive function, particularly in attention and executive function in older adults with aMCI.
