Motor Signature, Falls Risk, and Home-Based Interventions in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Motor Signature, Falls Risk, and Home-Based Interventions in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

A single-blinded, randomized controlled trial is designed to compare the effects of social interaction, computerized cognitive training, lower extremity strengthening, and tai chi chuan on improving cognitive functions and gait/mobility and reducing falls among 228 subjects with mild cognitive impairment, in which the influence of adherence to the intervention programs will also be examined.

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least 65 years old
• Had a fall at least 3 months prior to the baseline assessment
• Can ambulate independently
• Has mild cognitive impairment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cannot ambulate independently and communicate with researchers
• Have a major unstable cardiopulmonary disease (e.g., ischemic chest pain, shortness of breath, recurrent syncopal episodes, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, palpitations, or tachycardia)
• Have a contraindication to physical exercise (e.g., severe osteoarthritis or severe pulmonary hypertension)