A Comparison Between Brain Vitalization Gymnastics and Elderly Gymnastics to Improving Cognitive Function Among Elderly
I Gusti Ayu Dwiantari, Anak Agung Ayu Putri Laksmidewi
, I Made Oka Adnyana and I Putu Eka WidyadharmaDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, Indonesia
Corresponding Author E-mail: putri_laksmidewi@unud.ac.id
Abstract: Objective: Two of the most frequently elderly's health-associated problems are balanced disorder and cognitive decline. One of the solutions to prevent cognitive decline in the elderly is via performing brain vitalization gymnastics. According to these facts and arguments, the authors were interested in studying the effects of brain vitalization gymnastics performed twice every week for four weeks upon cognitive function in the elderly. Methods: This was a randomized pretest-posttest control group design study involving 38 elderly subjects who were registered in the geriatric subgroup of West Denpasar primary health care clinic. The subjects were equally divided into two groups, i.e., those who performed brain vitalization gymnastics and elderly gymnastics. Montreal Cognitive Assessment Indonesian Version(MoCA-Ina) score as tested with paired t-test among brain vitalization gymnastics and elderly gymnastics groups. Results: both groups before and after the exercise increased by 1.53 and 0.11 points, respectively. Furthermore, the brain vitalization gymnastics group had a statistically significant higher MoCA-Ina score as opposed to the elderly gymnastics group (p=0.047). Conclusion: This study had shown that brain vitalization gymnastics was more effective in increasing elderly's MoCA-Ina score as opposed to elderly gymnastics.
Keywords: Brain Vitalization Gymnastics; Elderly; MoCA-Ina Back to TOC