Kim Frederik Gundrosen, Kristin Taraldsen, Karen Sverdrup, Anne-Brita Knapskog, Geir Selbæk, Gro Gujord Tangen
{"title":"Changes in device-measured daily physical activity over one year in memory clinic patients.","authors":"Kim Frederik Gundrosen, Kristin Taraldsen, Karen Sverdrup, Anne-Brita Knapskog, Geir Selbæk, Gro Gujord Tangen","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00414-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00414-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This longitudinal study explored the one-year change in device-measured daily physical activity in patients attending a memory clinic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Physical activity was recorded in 27 memory clinic patients over four days using accelerometers (activPAL3 micro) at baseline and one-year follow-up. Daily physical activity outcomes included upright time, standing time, walking time, number of steps, number of transitions, mean upright event length, and maximum upright event length. Changes between baseline and follow-up were analysed using paired sample t-tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients' mean (SD) age was 69.4 (8.1) years, and 14 (51.9%) were women. The only significant change was a decrease in maximum upright event length from a mean (SD) of 84.3 (31.6) minutes at baseline to 59.2 (22.5) minutes at one-year follow-up (p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Daily physical activity volume remained stable over one year, but the reduction in maximum upright event length indicates a shift in activity distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Gabrielle Dupuy, Caroll-Ann Blanchette, Florent Besnier, Christine Gagnon, Thomas Vincent, Tudor Vrinceanu, Juliana Breton, Kathia Saillant, Josep Iglesies-Grau, Sylvie Belleville, Martin Juneau, Paolo Vitali, Anil Nigam, Mathieu Gayda, Louis Bherer
{"title":"Home-based physical exercice with additional cognitive training for improving mobility in older adults: a secondary analysis of the COVEPIC randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Emma Gabrielle Dupuy, Caroll-Ann Blanchette, Florent Besnier, Christine Gagnon, Thomas Vincent, Tudor Vrinceanu, Juliana Breton, Kathia Saillant, Josep Iglesies-Grau, Sylvie Belleville, Martin Juneau, Paolo Vitali, Anil Nigam, Mathieu Gayda, Louis Bherer","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00415-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00415-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Home-based physical exercise is an accessible strategy to help maintain physical functioning in adults over 50, but mobility gains may be limited without direct supervision. By improving cognitive processes involved in motor control, cognitive training may help enhance the effectiveness of home-based physical exercise in preventing age-related decline in mobility. This study compares the effects of a six-month home-based physical exercise, with or without cognitive training, on gait speed and balance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>127 community-dwelling adults aged 50-87 years (mean 65.20 ± 7.93; 76% women) were randomly assigned to (1) home-based, remotely monitored physical exercise alone (n = 64; 72% women) or (2) combined with cognitive training (n = 63; 81% women) for six months. The primary outcome was the change from baseline in usual gait speed, measured by the 4-meter walking test. Secondary outcomes included fast gait speed, balance (one-leg stance test), and lower-limb strength (five-time sit-to-stand test), all of which were assessed via videoconference at 3 and 6 months. Changes in outcomes were analyzed using adjusted mixed linear models with intervention group, time (ΔT0-T3, ΔT0-T6), and their interaction as fixed effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Change in usual gait speed did not differ between groups. In contrast, the combined group showing greater improvements than the physical exercise alone group in fast gait speed (+ 0.07 m/s; F(1,199) = 6.24, p = 0.013, η<sup>2</sup>p ≃0.03) and one-leg balance test (+ 3.83 s; F(1,202) = 6.05, p = 0.015, η<sup>2</sup>p ≃0.03) in response to intervention. No significant group × time interaction was observed, indicating similar changes at 3 and 6 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adding cognitive training to home-based physical exercise may improve fast gait speed and balance in adults aged 50 and above. These findings support the interplay between sensorimotor and cognitive functions in older adults and suggest that combined physical and cognitive interventions could help prevent age-related mobility decline.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration id: </strong>COVEPIC was retrospectively registered on November 19, 2020.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial identifier: </strong>NCT04635462. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT04635462?term=NCT04635462&draw=2&rank=1.</p>","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iris Kruijff, Erwin E H van Wegen, Joram D Mul, Richard T Jaspers, Anouk Schrantee, Erik J A Scherder, Paul J Lucassen, Anne-Marie van Dam
{"title":"Effects of physical exercise on cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Iris Kruijff, Erwin E H van Wegen, Joram D Mul, Richard T Jaspers, Anouk Schrantee, Erik J A Scherder, Paul J Lucassen, Anne-Marie van Dam","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00412-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00412-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chih-Hsiang Yang, Jonathan George Hakun, Sunwoo Emma Cho, Jongwon Lee, Halle Prine, Donna Coffman, Rahul Ghosal
{"title":"Not just how much, but how it's done: movement activity bout distributions and everyday cognition in older adults with elevated dementia risk.","authors":"Chih-Hsiang Yang, Jonathan George Hakun, Sunwoo Emma Cho, Jongwon Lee, Halle Prine, Donna Coffman, Rahul Ghosal","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00410-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00410-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147730595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of physical activity and rest-activity rhythm with sustained attention and melatonin among community-dwelling older adults.","authors":"PinShiuan Lee, Yi-Ling Chen, Yun-Chieh Yang, Tomohide Kubo, Wan-Ju Cheng","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00413-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00413-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147718868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lars Bo Jørgensen, Sofie Rath Mortensen, Lars Hermann Tang, Alexander Harrison, Anders Grøntved, Jan Christian Brønd, Randi Jepsen, Therese Lockenwitz Petersen, Søren T Skou
{"title":"The relationship between clinical characteristics, sociodemographic factors and sedentary behavior in adults with chronic conditions: a cross-sectional study from the Lolland-Falster Health Study.","authors":"Lars Bo Jørgensen, Sofie Rath Mortensen, Lars Hermann Tang, Alexander Harrison, Anders Grøntved, Jan Christian Brønd, Randi Jepsen, Therese Lockenwitz Petersen, Søren T Skou","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00407-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00407-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147678242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yaxin Chen, Lei Wu, Jing Li, Mengyuan Yang, Xin Qi, Mei Wang, Qi Li, Yanhong Wang
{"title":"Effectiveness of mobile health interventions on physical activity management in frail older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Yaxin Chen, Lei Wu, Jing Li, Mengyuan Yang, Xin Qi, Mei Wang, Qi Li, Yanhong Wang","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00411-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00411-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147662591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ya Shi, Ying Ye, Emma Stanmore, Can Gu, Chris Todd
{"title":"Effectiveness of digital health exercise interventions on muscle function and physical performance in older adults with possible, confirmed, or severe sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ya Shi, Ying Ye, Emma Stanmore, Can Gu, Chris Todd","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00409-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11556-026-00409-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13154666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147655305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie Lander, Costas Glavas, Anoohya Gandham, Ana Maria Contardo Ayala, L Eduardo Cofre Lizama, Yuxin Zhang, Jackson Fyfe, Tao Zhou, David Scott, Robin Daly
{"title":"Qualitative assessment of mobility in older adults: a scoping review of process-oriented behavioural criteria.","authors":"Natalie Lander, Costas Glavas, Anoohya Gandham, Ana Maria Contardo Ayala, L Eduardo Cofre Lizama, Yuxin Zhang, Jackson Fyfe, Tao Zhou, David Scott, Robin Daly","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00408-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-026-00408-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147640460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the causal impact of leisure-time physical activity and screen time on lifespan: a Mendelian randomization study.","authors":"Zhu Liduzi Jiesisibieke, C Mary Schooling","doi":"10.1186/s11556-026-00406-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11556-026-00406-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50477,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Aging and Physical Activity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13088598/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147370659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}