Effect of Tai Chi exercise on cognitive function ,sleep and mood in the elderly
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of Tai Chi exercise on cognitive function ,sleep and mood in the elderly.Methods The elderly cognitive function of Tai Chi group (n = 94) ,waist drum group (n= 40) and control group (n = 61) who never engaged in any physical exercises were assessed , which included MMSE ,MoCA ,verbal fluency (VF) ,digital symbol (DS) ,copying ,trail making test (TMT) ,picture description (PD) ,repeating ,associative learning (AL) ,episodic memory (EM) ,simi-larity and calculation.We also assessed their mood status with CES -D and sleeping with PSQI.The differences in cognitive function ,mood and sleeping status among the three groups were then compared. Results The Tai Chi group ,waist drum group and control group demonstrated significant differences in MMSE (F= 3.894 ,P= 0.022) ,MoCA (F= 6.204 ,P= 0.014) ,VF (F= 10.789 ,P< 0.01) ,DS (F=6.172 ,P= 0.003) ,TMT (F= 7.727 ,P= 0.001) ,PD (F= 4.035 ,P= 0.019) ,similarity (F= 8.683 , P < 0.01).There were no differences in other domains of cognitive function (P> 0.05).The scores of PSQI (F= 4.083 ,P= 0.018) in Tai Chi group and waist drum group were better than control group (F=4.083 ,P= 0.018).There was no difference in CES-D among the three groups.Conclusions Tai Chi exer-cise and regular exercise can both help to maintain the elderly cognitive function and sleep ,while have no significant impact on mood.
Keywords：Tai ChiAgedSleepEmotionsCognitive function
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 46-49 )