Sakaki Kohei, Nouchi Rui, Matsuzaki Yutaka, Saito Toshiki, Dinet Jérôme, Kawashima Ryuta
Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Department of Cognitive Health Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 13;9(7):883. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070883.
It is well known that physical exercise has beneficial effects on cognitive function in older adults. Recently, several physical exercise programs with virtual reality (VR) have been proposed to support physical exercise benefits. However, it is still unclear whether VR physical exercise (VR-PE) has positive effects on cognitive function in older adults. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review (SR) of the effects of VR-PE on cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive decline. We used academic databases to search for research papers. The criteria were intervention study using any VR-PE, participants were older adults with and without mild cognitive decline (not dementia), and cognitive functions were assessed. We found that 6 of 11 eligible studies reported the significant benefits of the VR-PE on a wide range of cognitive functions in aging populations. The SR revealed that VR-PE has beneficial effects on the inhibition of executive functions in older adults with and without mild cognitive decline. Moreover, VR-PE selectively leads to improvements in shifting and general cognitive performance in healthy older adults. The SR suggests that VR-PE could be a successful approach to improve cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive decline.
众所周知，体育锻炼对老年人的认知功能有益。最近，有人提出了几种虚拟现实（VR）体育锻炼方案来强化体育锻炼的益处。然而，VR体育锻炼（VR-PE）对老年人认知功能是否有积极影响仍不清楚。本研究的目的是对VR-PE对有或没有认知衰退的老年人认知功能的影响进行系统评价（SR）。我们使用学术数据库搜索研究论文。标准是使用任何VR-PE的干预研究，参与者是有或没有轻度认知衰退（非痴呆）的老年人，并且对认知功能进行评估。我们发现，11项符合条件的研究中有6项报告了VR-PE对老年人群体广泛认知功能的显著益处。该系统评价表明，VR-PE对有或没有轻度认知衰退的老年人的执行功能抑制有有益影响。此外，VR-PE选择性地导致健康老年人在转换和一般认知表现方面的改善。该系统评价表明，VR-PE可能是改善有或没有认知衰退的老年人认知功能的一种成功方法。
