A Simple Bedside Exercise Method to Enhance Lower Limb Muscle Strength in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Sarcopeniaopen access
- Authors
- Yun, Jung Hae; Kim, Du Hwan; Chang, Min Cheol
- Issue Date
- Jun-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- muscle strength; muscle mass; ageing
- Citation
- HEALTHCARE, v.9, no.6
- Journal Title
- HEALTHCARE
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 6
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/62388
- DOI
- 10.3390/healthcare9060680
- ISSN
- 2227-9032
2227-9032
- Abstract
- Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to accelerate muscle loss in the elderly due to reduced physical performance, increasing the prevalence and severity of sarcopenia. This study was undertaken to determine whether simple bedside exercise training may facilitate muscle growth and strengthening in moderate-degree AD patients. Methods: This study was conducted on 26 prospectively recruited women admitted to a nursing hospital, who had moderate AD and sarcopenia. They were randomly and evenly divided into the control and exercise groups. For five sessions per week, those in the exercise group underwent 30 min of therapist-supervised exercise by simply kicking a balloon connected to the ceiling by a piece of string while lying on a bed. Additional exercise was encouraged, and isometric maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) were measured and calculated after 12 weeks. Results: Through simple exercise training for 12 weeks, MVCs for hip flexion and knee extension significantly increased in the exercise group. However, no significant differences in SMI were found between the two groups. Conclusions: We believe that our simple exercise method can be applied to patients with AD for maintaining and enhancing the strength of the muscles of the lower extremities.
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