Physical Activity and Exergames Among Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Ismail, Noraini; Hashim, Hairul Anuar; Yusof, Hazwani Ahmad

doi:10.1089/g4h.2021.0104

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“…Therefore, it is important to develop strategies for older adults to engage effectively in physical exercise while residing in nursing homes. For this purpose, we could, for example, make use of the giant exercise board game interventions recently developed by a Belgian research team (Mouton et al, 2017;Buckinx et al, 2020) or exergames (Ismail et al, 2022).…”

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Effects of Chronic Physical Exercise or Multicomponent Exercise Programs on the Mental Health and Cognition of Older Adults Living in a Nursing Home: A Systematic Review of Studies From the Past 10 Years

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Some nursing homes for the elderly provide holistic care that integrates several interventions, including physical exercise. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize the effects of physical exercise or multicomponent exercise programs on the mental health (wellbeing, anxiety and depression) and cognitive functions of older adults with/without dementia who live in a nursing home and do/do not require wheelchair assistance. To this end, PubMed, PsycInfo and Web of Science are using to identify clinical trials and randomized controlled studies conducted during the period January 2011 to December 2021 to examine the progression of research in this field over the past ten years. In total, 2597 articles are identifying and 21 are including in the systematic review. After selecting articles according to the PRISMA standards, the data extraction and methodological quality assessment of the eligible studies are performing individually by two reviewers and then pooled together. The synthesis of the studies shows that physical exercise or multicomponent exercise programs have a beneficial effect on mental health and cognitive functions. However, this effect is more common among older adults without dementia, compared to their counterparts who have dementia or use wheelchairs. The explanatory mechanisms, lack of benefits from physical exercise and the need to standardize methods are discussing in this regard. Finally, future studies must examine the effects of an innovative and adaptive physical activity program on the mental health and cognitive functions of older adults living in nursing homes.

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Effects of Chronic Physical Exercise or Multicomponent Exercise Programs on the Mental Health and Cognition of Older Adults Living in a Nursing Home: A Systematic Review of Studies From the Past 10 Years

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“…Indeed, adult studies have highlighted the ability of such programs to improve cognitive function ( 21 – 22 ), emotional regulation, and dietary habits. Such programs have also demonstrated effectiveness in promoting physical activity and improving both balance and cognitive function in older adults ( 23 ). Moreover, virtual reality-based rehabilitation has shown promise in patients with stroke and Parkinson's disease, with effects comparable to or better than those of existing methods ( 23 ).…”

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“…Such programs have also demonstrated effectiveness in promoting physical activity and improving both balance and cognitive function in older adults ( 23 ). Moreover, virtual reality-based rehabilitation has shown promise in patients with stroke and Parkinson's disease, with effects comparable to or better than those of existing methods ( 23 ). Similar to our results, previous studies have reported that such programs can lead to positive attitudes and promote knowledge of movement among students ( 24 – 25 ).…”

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The Effect of a Virtual Reality-Based Physical Education Program on Physical Fitness among Elementary School Students

Bae¹

2023

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Background: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a virtual reality-based physical education program on physical fitness among Korean elementary school students. Methods: The study, conducted at a public school in South Korea in the second semester of 2022, included experimental and control groups of 45 participants each (N=90). All participants underwent physical fitness tests before and after the experiment. The students assigned to the experimental group participated in the virtual reality-based physical education program three times a week for a total of 8 weeks (40 minutes per session), while those assigned to the control group did not participate in any exercise program. The effect size was confirmed using Cohen's d, and a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze changes in physical factors before and after the experiment for each group. Results: Among the male participants, we observed significant differences in overall health-related physical fitness, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and power between the experimental and control groups (P<0.05). Among the female participants, we observed significant differences in overall health-related physical fitness, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance between the groups (P<0.05). Conclusion: Virtual reality-based physical education may help to improve indicators of physical fitness among elementary school students, especially among those who have experienced deterioration of physical fitness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results, therefore, highlight the need to establish virtual reality-based physical education facilities at the elementary school level in Korea.

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“…Unfortunately, most of existing digital physical-rehabilitation games (exergames) effects and accompanying conditions of a series of exercises are usually assessed after the exercises (ex-post), resulting in bias (Furukado et al 2021) and uncertainty of exercise. We are more often dealing with an analysis of the effects of exercise than with a monitored and personalized challenge (Ismail et al 2022). Exergame interfaces are focused rather on threshold values or hardcoded patterns detection.…”

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Rehabilitation in digital environments – biophysiologically motivated gamification

Wojciechowski

Korjonen‐Kuusipuro

2022

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Nowadays, the process of cognitive or motor rehabilitation is mostly implemented in a traditional form. Paper-pencil cognitive exercises or physical exercises with instruments still dominate over digital environments. However, they require constant supervision by professionals, whose availability is relatively decreasing in an ageing society. Lack of supervision, in turn, results in a loss of motivation to exercise or, at the very least, ineffective, sometimes incorrect, exercise. In addition, traditional rehabilitation mechanisms are often repetitive and tedious. Sometimes a lack of supervision or routine results in a failure to adapt the challenges to the user's current needs. Digital environments and modern technology have much to offer in this regard. One aspect is gamification mechanisms, which work well in video games and allow players to be engaged for hours in challenges of modulated difficulty. Another aspect is the rapidly developing biosensors and tracking systems that allow the user's activity and biophysiological parameters to be monitored in real time. However, the combination of the benefits of technology and gamification stimulus mechanisms must be done in strict accordance with the user's capabilities in order to make the challenges constructive rather than destructive for the user's body and mental conditions. Ongoing monitoring of effort and mental workload and their synchronization with fatigue in the digital environment, supported by motivational gamification mechanisms, form the foundation of the correct and controlled exercises and rehabilitation.

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Physical Activity and Exergames Among Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Cited by 31 publications

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Effects of Chronic Physical Exercise or Multicomponent Exercise Programs on the Mental Health and Cognition of Older Adults Living in a Nursing Home: A Systematic Review of Studies From the Past 10 Years

Effects of Chronic Physical Exercise or Multicomponent Exercise Programs on the Mental Health and Cognition of Older Adults Living in a Nursing Home: A Systematic Review of Studies From the Past 10 Years

The Effect of a Virtual Reality-Based Physical Education Program on Physical Fitness among Elementary School Students

Rehabilitation in digital environments – biophysiologically motivated gamification

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