Khalili Roya, Kehayia Eva, Roig Marc
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal.
Montreal Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Montréal.
Can Geriatr J. 2024 Sep 5;27(3):324-344. doi: 10.5770/cgj.27.707. eCollection 2024 Sep.
While the benefits of exercise on cognitive functions have already been reviewed, little is known about the impact of exercise on language performance. This scoping review was conducted to identify existing evidence on exercise-induced changes in language performance in healthy aging individuals and adults with stroke or neurodegenerative conditions.
METHODS & RESULTS: Using the Arksey and O'Malley framework, 29 studies were included. Eleven studies in healthy aging indicated enhanced language performance, with 72.72% having significant improvement in semantic/phonological Verbal Fluency (VF) following exercise. Among 18 studies on older adults with stroke or neurodegenerative conditions, 11 reported better language performance, with 44.44% having significant improvement in picture naming/description and semantic/phonological VF by exercise. The seven remaining studies reported no significant change in language performance in persons with stroke or neurodegenerative conditions.
Overall, exercise interventions showed improvement in language performance in healthy aging, while selective enhancement was shown for language performance in persons with either stroke or neurodegenerative conditions.
虽然运动对认知功能的益处已有综述，但运动对语言能力的影响却知之甚少。本综述旨在确定关于运动对健康老年人以及患有中风或神经退行性疾病的成年人语言能力影响的现有证据。
采用阿克西和奥马利框架，纳入了29项研究。11项针对健康老年人的研究表明语言能力有所提高，72.72%的研究显示运动后语义/语音流畅性（VF）有显著改善。在18项针对患有中风或神经退行性疾病的老年人的研究中，11项报告语言能力有所提高，44.44%的研究显示运动后图片命名/描述以及语义/语音VF有显著改善。其余7项研究报告称，患有中风或神经退行性疾病的人的语言能力没有显著变化。
总体而言，运动干预显示健康老年人的语言能力有所改善，而中风或神经退行性疾病患者的语言能力则有选择性提高。
