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| Sevgi Ozalevli | UNKNOWN |
| Gorsev Yener | UNKNOWN |
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The primary aim of this trial is to investigate the feasibility of an exercise program consisting of respiratory exercises, aerobic exercises and strengthening exercises in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The trial also aims to investigate the effectiveness of the exercise program on respiratory symptoms, exercise capacity, cognition, physical performance, depression, sleepiness, activities of daily living and quality of life.
Patients will be divided into exercise (intervention) and control group by randomization method. The study is planned to be performed with a total of 60 patients, 30 in each group. The patients in the exercise group will be given breathing exercises aerobic exercises and strengthening exercises for 2 days a week for 12 weeks, about 30-40 minutes while the patients in the control group will be provided with suggestions, home exercise program and daily life activities
Exercise group was trained 3 times a week under the supervision of a physiotherapist and encouraged to exercise at home on other days
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Exercise Group | Experimental |
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| Control | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Exercise | Other | Education of patients and their caregivers, deep breathing exercise, aerobic exercise and resistance training with elastic bands |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in cognition | The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used to measure cognitive impairment in older adults. It assesses different subset of cognitive status including attention, language, memory, orientation, visuospatial proficiency. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in pulmonary functions | Pulmonary function test (PFT) is a generic term used to indicate a battery of studies or maneuvers that may be performed using standardized equipment to measure lung function. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in respiratory muscle strength |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Elvan Keleş, PT, PhD | İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Elvan Keleş | İzmi̇r | 35620 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000544 | Alzheimer Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015444 | Exercise |
| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
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An assessor who was blinded to treatment groups assessed clinical outcomes before the treatment process. The same assessor was also repeated assessments at 13th week (at the end of treatment process)
Measurement of respiratory muscle strength is useful in order to detect respiratory muscle weakness and to quantify its severity. Respiratory muscle strength is assessed by mouth pressures sustained for 1 s during maximal static manoeuvre against a closed shutter |
| Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in functional capacity | Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a valid, reliable and useful test for assessing functional capacity of COPD patients. This test assesses distance walked over 6 minutes as a sub maximal test of aerobic capacity/endurance. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in physical performance | The short physical performance battery (SPPB) is a group of measures that combines the results of the gait speed, chair stand and balance tests. It has been used as a predictive tool for possible disability and can aid in the monitoring of function in older people. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in sleepiness | The Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) is a questionnaire that's routinely used to assess daytime sleepiness. The person filling in the questionnaire rates how likely they are to doze off during the day in different situations. Patients scored eight questions according to the probability of sleeping 0, 1, 2, 3, and the sum of the eight questions was calculated. A high score indicates sleepiness. If the total score is greater than 10, it indicates the presence of pathological sleepiness. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in quality of life | The Alzheimer's Disease-Related Quality of Life (ADRQL), is consist of 13-item self-report and 13- item caregiver-report measures. Each item is evaluated on a 4-point scale (1 point is bad and 4 points is excellent) | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in activities of daily living | Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) measures functional disability by quantifying patient performance in 10 activities of daily life. These activities can be grouped according to self-care (feeding, grooming, bathing, dressing, bowel and bladder care, and toilet use) and mobility (ambulation, transfers, and stair climbing). Points are given according to doing daily life activities dependently or independently. It ranges from 0 to 100 and 0 points refers to complete dependence, 100 points refers to independence The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale assesses a person's ability to perform tasks such as using a telephone, doing laundry, and handling finance. This scale consist of 8 question. Higher values represent a better outcome. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in depression | The Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) is an instrument that was developed to assess depressive symptoms and screen for depression among older people. It can be selfadministered or presented as an interview, and the questions have a yes/no format in order to be easy to understand for older people who may suffer from impaired cognitive function. This scale has 15 questions. In the assessment of the scale, no to positive questions and yes to negative questions were matched with 1 point and total score of 6 and above was considered significant for depressive symptoms. | Baseline, 12th week |
| Change in muscle strength | The Jamar Handgrip Dynamometer is an instrument for measuring the maximum isometric strength of the hand and forearm muscles. The Takei Back and Leg Dynamometer measures peak pull force of the large muscle groups, these include: Legs,trunk,shoulders, arms. | Baseline, 12th week |
| D024801 |
| Tauopathies |
| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |