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Record W4417024119 · doi:10.3389/fnagi.2025.1683808

The effect of mind–body exercise on cognitive function and neuroplasticity in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Huifang Tian, Xi Yang, Jiahuan Li, Yuqi Cheng, Shui Tian, Fei Meng, Qinqin Zhu, Ying Shen, Tong Wang, Chuan Guo, Yi Zhu

Bibliographic record

VenueFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersJiangsu Science and Technology DepartmentGovernment of Jiangsu Province
KeywordsCognitionNeuroplasticityElderly peopleCognitive trainingPhysical exerciseFunction (biology)Cognitive reserve

Abstract

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Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to comprehensively analyze the effects of mind-body exercise on cognitive function, brain structure, and brain function in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by assessing randomized controlled trials. Methods: A systematic search was conducted using four databases: Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science, from inception until December 2023. The study quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. Systematic review and meta-analyses were performed for outcome measures such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), gray matter volume (GMV), functional connectivity at rest (rsFC), amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and event-related potential (ERP) P300 latency. Three-dimensional coordinates of brain regions with notable variances were extracted from imaging and delineated in the brain map. Results: = 0.0005). Most of the included studies reported that mind-body exercise improved gray matter volume in the hippocampus, bilateral anterior cingulate gyrus, frontotemporo-occipital regions, altered functional connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) and dorsal attentional network (DAN), neural activity in key brain regions in older adults with MCI. Conclusion: This systematic review demonstrates that mind-body exercise is associated with improved cognitive function and neuroplastic changes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, with changes particularly evident in regions vulnerable to neurodegeneration such as the hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex. Systematic review registration: CRD42022251115; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42022251115.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.007
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.020
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Meta-analysis · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.016
Threshold uncertainty score0.040

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0070.020
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0160.025
Bibliometrics0.0050.005
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.001
Open science0.0020.001
Research integrity0.0020.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.293
Teacher spread0.280 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designMeta-analysis
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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