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  1. Beyond Usual Pace: Quick Walking Speed and Brain Health Outcomes in the Framingham Heart Study 2026-10-15
  2. Long-term voluntary exercise reveals limited translation of hippocampal molecular responses into neuroprotection in 5xFAD mice 2026-09-24
  3. Exercise effects on balance confidence and concerns about falling in older adults with cognitive impairment: a construct-stratified meta-analysis 2026-09-14

Studies

125 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1996 to 2026

Top journals

  • Ageing research reviews 5
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 5
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 4
  • Neurology 4
  • medRxiv 4

89 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Review of effects of physical activity on strength, balance, mobility and ADL performance in elderly subjects with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2010-10-28 Prevention trials

    Multicomponent interventions can improve physical functioning and BADL in elderly subjects regardless of the stage of dementia.

  2. Exercise and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in cognitively normal older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2010-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

    These results are supportive of an association between exercise engagement and AD biomarkers in cognitively normal older adults.

  3. The assessment of frailty in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinics in geriatric medicine 2010-05-01 Prevention trials

    No clear consensual definition regarding frailty seems to emerge from the literature after 30 years of research in the topic, and a large array of models and criteria has been proposed to define the syndrome.

  4. Exercise plays a preventive role against Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2010-01-01 Prevention trials

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting the elderly population.

  5. Test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change scores for the timed "up & go" test, the six-minute walk test, and gait speed in people with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Physical therapy 2009-04-23 Digital health tools

    The TUG, the 6MWT, and gait speed are reliable outcome measures for use with people with AD, recognizing that individual variability of performance is high.

  6. Facilitating aerobic exercise training in older adults with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2009-03-09 Prevention trials

    Emerging science suggests that aerobic exercise might modify the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and improve cognition.

  7. Gait capacity affects cortical activation patterns related to speed control in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Experimental brain research 2008-11-22 Digital health tools

    Functional decline in locomotion is common among the elderly, and the prevalence of gait disorders increases with age.

  8. Functional decline in cognitive impairment--the relationship between physical and cognitive function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroepidemiology 2008-09-11 Prevention trials

    Poor physical function and muscle strength coexisted with cognitive impairment.

  9. BDNF is a novel marker of cognitive function in ageing women: the DR's EXTRA Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurobiology of learning and memory 2008-09-06 Drug development

    Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the key molecules modulating brain plasticity.

  10. Physical activity and Alzheimer's disease: from prevention to therapeutic perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2008-06-02 Prevention trials

    A number of factors, including physical activity, may contribute to prevention of cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia.

  11. Associations of gait speed and other measures of physical function with cognition in a healthy cohort of elderly persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2007-11-01 Digital health tools

    In very healthy older adults, performance-based measures better predict early cognitive decline than do subjective measures, and tasks requiring greater functional reserve, such as fast-paced walking, appear to be the most sensitive in assessing these relationships.

  12. Capitalizing on cortical plasticity: influence of physical activity on cognition and brain function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Trends in cognitive sciences 2007-07-12 Prevention trials

    Given the aging populations in many countries throughout the world, there is an increasing interest in lifestyle factors and interventions that will enhance the cognitive vitality of older adults and reduce the risk for age-related neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.

  13. Gait in ageing and associated dementias; its relationship with cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2007-02-15 Digital health tools

    The focus of this review is on the close relationship between gait and cognition in ageing and associated dementias.

  14. Exercise program for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease: a 1-year randomized, controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2007-02-01 Clinical trials

    A simple exercise program, 1 hour twice a week, led to significantly slower decline in ADL score in patients with AD living in a nursing home than routine medical care.

  15. Walking while talking: effect of task prioritization in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2007-01-01 Digital health tools

    Changing instructions while maintaining the same cognitive and motor tasks on WWT in older adults result in task prioritization effects.

  16. Exercise, cognition, and the aging brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 2006-06-15 Prevention trials

    We provide a brief review of the literature on exercise effects on brain and cognition.

  17. Leisure activities and the risk of amnestic mild cognitive impairment in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurology 2006-02-08 Prevention trials

    Cognitive activity participation is associated with lower risk of development of amnestic mild cognitive impairment, even after excluding individuals at early stages of dementia.

  18. Prevalence and severity of gait disorders in Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer's dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005-10-01 Digital health tools

    The findings support the idea that gait and balance assessment may augment the diagnostic evaluation of dementia.

  19. Voluntary exercise decreases amyloid load in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2005-04-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which there are few therapeutics that affect the underlying disease mechanism.

  20. Benefits of cognitive-motor intervention in MCI and mild to moderate Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Neurology 2004-12-01 Treatments

    A long-term CMI in ChEI-treated early Alzheimer disease patients produced additional mood and cognitive benefits.

  21. The effects of exercise training on elderly persons with cognitive impairment and dementia: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004-10-01 Prevention trials

    Exercise training increases fitness, physical function, cognitive function, and positive behavior in people with dementia and related cognitive impairments.

  22. Influence of executive function on locomotor function: divided attention increases gait variability in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-11-01 Digital health tools

    Divided attention markedly impairs the ability of patients with AD to regulate the stride-to-stride variations in gait timing.

  23. Cognitive activity and incident AD in a population-based sample of older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurology 2002-12-01 Prevention trials

    Frequency of participation in cognitively stimulating activities appears to be associated with risk of AD and may partially explain the association of educational and occupational attainment with disease risk.

  24. Talking while walking: the effect of a dual task in aging and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurology 1997-04-01 Digital health tools

    We determined the effects of distraction on gait in healthy elderly subjects and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.

  25. Balance and strength training in older adults: intervention gains and Tai Chi maintenance

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996-05-01 Digital health tools

    Randomized control intervention.

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