According to American studies, physical activity improves the cognitive functions of people with dementia and their ability to carry out daily activities.
According to a recently published study, rBeing mentally active by reading books or writing letters would protect the brain in old age. This American research indicated in particular that the lack of intellectual activity could to some extent play a deleterious role in the forms of dementia that occur in old age. But when it is too late, and the dementia is already installed, how to react? Visibly with exercise! In any case, this is what international publications suggest. According to these scientists, physical activity improves the symptoms of this syndrome, which is known to lead to a deterioration in memory, reasoning, behavior and the ability to carry out daily activities.
Activity improves cognitive functions
This meta-analysis brings together no less than eight publications, each covering 329 people. This work has shown that exercise can improve cognitive functions in sick patients. In addition, six studies also found that physical exercise improved the ability of older people with dementia to perform daily activities. So, with regular activity, walking short distances or getting up from a chair would become easier.
“ In the past, we were unable to draw any conclusions about the effectiveness of exercise in older people with dementia. Blame it on a shortage of essays on the subject “, states in this meta-analysis the researcher, Dorothy Forbes, associate professor of nursing at the University ofAlberta, in Edmonton. And the latter to add that “sFollowing this new meta-analysis, we are now able to conclude that there is promising evidence that exercise programs improve the health and well-being of sick patients. “
However, researchers remain cautious about the benefits of exercise because they did not find enough evidence to determine whether physical activity also improved symptoms of depression or irritability in older people with dementia. However, the issue at stake in this question is of particular importance. Indeed, at the end of 2012, the‘World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm bells. According to this institution, the vast majority of cases of dementia are neglected and they are expected to double across the world by 2030.
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