Evaluation of quality of life in elderly healthy subjects after aerobic and/or mental training
Abstract
This study proposed different techniques of mental rehabilitation to healthy elderly subjects in order to assess the results in terms of subjectively perceived changes in quality of life. Thirty-two elderly subjects (60-76 years) were assigned to one of the four groups: aerobic training, mental training, combined aerobic and mental training and a control group. Before and after 2 months of training, all subjects took two memory tests. After training, a French validated questionnaire of quality of life was administered individually. Memory parameters such as logical memory (P<0.05), paired associated learning (P=0.05) and memory quotient (P=0.01) were enhanced in all groups except the control group, but in terms of quality of life all the elderly subjects were dissatisfied. VO(2max) and ventilatory threshold were significantly improved in the two groups who were engaged in a physical training program (AT and AMT) and these improvements were associated with a better quality of life in the domain of functional life. Association of the two techniques did not enhance the results for cognitive function. In conclusion, despite objective improvement in cognitive function, all subjects reported dissatisfaction in terms of improvement in quality of life, whatever their assigned group. Nevertheless, an improvement in quality of life was acknowledged after aerobic training for the physical component of functional life.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In Fabre et al. (1999), all three training groups but not the control group improved on logical and paired-associate memory tasks across the 2-month intervention.
“Fabre et al. (1999) found that all three training groups but not the control group showed improved performance on logical and paired-associate-memory tasks across the 2-month intervention.”
From Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development: Can the Functional Capacity of Older Adults Be Preserved and Enhanced? (2008) · cites this paper as Fabre et al. (1999)
Combined training did not show additional benefits compared with aerobic or memory training alone in Fabre et al. (1999).
“However, combined training did not show additional benefits as compared to aerobic or memory training by themselves.”
From Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development: Can the Functional Capacity of Older Adults Be Preserved and Enhanced? (2008) · cites this paper as Fabre et al. (1999)
Cites
A physiological comparison of young and older endurance athletes
Heath, G. W., Hagberg, J. M., Ehsani, A. A., & Holloszy, J. O. (1981) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/jappl.1981.51.3.634 · Cited by 459 · cited 1× · see citing works
“Maximal O2 uptake (Heath et al., 1981) and cognitive performance (Wechsler, 1969; Arenberg, 1978) are diminished by natural aging, so the techniques of rehabilitation are geared toward improving the cardiovascular system and cognitive function.”
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Hertzog, C., Kramer, A. F., Wilson, R. S., & Lindenberger, U. (2008) · Psychological Science in the Public Interest · doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2009.01034.x · Cited by 1,495 · see citing works
Angevaren, M., Aufdemkampe, G., Verhaar, H., Aleman, A., & Vanhees, L. (2008) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005381.pub3 · Cited by 1,130 · see citing works
Exercise, cognition, and the aging brain
Kramer, A. F., Erickson, K. I., & Colcombe, S. J. (2006) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00500.2006 · Cited by 719 · see citing works
Aerobic exercise to improve cognitive function in older people without known cognitive impairment
Young, J., Angevaren, M., Rusted, J., & Tabet, N. (2015) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005381.pub4 · Cited by 505 · see citing works
and the Subjective Cognitive Decline Initiative (SCD-I) Working Group, Smart, C. M., Karr, J. E., Areshenkoff, C. N., Rabin, L. A., Hudon, C., Gates, N., Ali, J. I., Arenaza-Urquijo, E. M., Buckley, R. F., et al. (2017) · Neuropsychology Review · doi:10.1007/s11065-017-9342-8 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
Metternich, B., Kosch, D., Kriston, L., Härter, M., & Hüll, M. (2010) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · doi:10.1159/000254901 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
- Authors
- Fabre, C., Massé-Biron, J., Chamari, K., Varray, A., Mucci, P., & Préfaut, C.
- Affiliations
- Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve (FR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Fabre, C.
- Venue
- Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-22
- ISSN
- 0167-4943 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066217647
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 0.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- quality of life, older adults, aerobic exercise, mental training, cognitive function, memory, VO2max, ventilatory threshold
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
