Effects of dual-task exercises in elderly with Alzheimer´s Disease: a systemic review

• Autor(a) principal: Siqueira, Jéssica Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Antunes, Mateus Dias, Nascimento Júnior, José Roberto Andrade do, Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/6860
• topic: Motor activity; Cognition; Therapy by exercise.; Atividade motora; Cognição; Terapia por exercício.

A systemic review of current literature is undertaken to summarize the effects of dual-task intervention on the symptoms of Alzheimer´s Disease through databases PubMed, Scielo and Lilacs. Studies with elderly with Alzheiomer´s Disease treated by the dual-task exercises were also used. The four studies showed that interventions lasted between 4 and 12 months, with weekly frequency of two or three 60-min sessions. Sample greatness varied between 10 and 210 elderly people. One of the studies showed the dual task focused on functional exercise and the other two demonstrated the dual task exercise with aerobic, strength, resistance, equilibrium and motor coordination exercises. The fourth group used the dual task exercise alone. Studies have proved that the dual-task exercise may lessen and control motor and cognitive losses caused by the disease.