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Table 2 Intervention Characteristics Included in the Study

From: Effects of physical exercise on working memory in older adults: a systematic and meta-analytic review

Study

Exercise type

Exercise prescription variables

Outcomes

Experiment group

Control group

Length (week)

Frequency (times/week)

Session time (minites/times)

Intensity

Brown 2009a [49]

MCE

Wait list

24

2

60

NR

(1)

Brown 2009b [49]

MCE

Wait list

24

2

60

NR

(1)

Eggenberger 2016 [28]

AE

Balance

8

3

30

NR

(6)

Gothe 2016 [62]

MBE

Stretching

8

3

NR

NR

(3), (5)

Albinet 2016 [29]

AE

Stretching

20

2

60

40–65%HRR

(3), (5), (7)

Kalbe 2018 [50]

MCE

Cognitive training

7

2

90

NR

(1)

Liu-ambrose 2010a [37]

RE

Balance

52

1

60

80–100%1RM

(5)

Liu-ambrose 2010b [37]

RE

Balance

52

2

60

80–100%1RM

(5)

Hariprasad 2013 [43]

MBE

Wait list

24

1

60

NR

(1), (7)

Norouzi 2019 [38]

RE

Social visit

4

3

60–80

NR

(3)

Nouchi 2013 [51]

MCE

Wait list

4

3

30

60–80%HRmax

(1)

Lachman 2006 [39]

RE

Wait list

24

3

30

10RM

(1)

Ferreira 2015 [30]

AE

Social visit

24

3

40–50

60–80%HRR

(1)

Vaughn 2014 [52]

MCE

Wait list

16

2

60

NR

(8)

Fabre 2002 [31]

AE

Draw and sing

8

2

60

NR

(1)

Shan 2016 [44]

MBE

Wait list

12

5

60

NR

(1)

Li 2016 [45]

MBE

Health education

24

3

60

55–75%HRmax

(1)

Yang 2019 [46]

MBE

Daily activities

8

3

45

NR

(3)

Hong 2017b [40]

RE

Wait list

12

2

60

15RM

(1)

Hong 2017a [40]

RE

Wait list

12

2

60

15RM

(1)

Bae 2019 [53]

MCE

Health education

24

2

90

NR

(4)

Damirchi 2018a [54]

MCE

Wait list

24

3

45

55–75%HRR, RPE13–15

(1)

Damirchi 2018b [54]

MCE

Wait list

24

3

45

55–75%HRR, RPE13–15

(1)

Donnezan 2018 [28]

AE

Wait list

12

2

60

60% HRmax

(1)

Yoon 2018 [41]

RE

Stretching

16

3

60

RPE12–13

(1)

Eggermont 2009 [32]

AE

Social visit

6

5

30

NR

(1)

Lam 2010 [47]

MBE

Stretching

8

3

30

NR

(1)

Scherder 2005 [33]

AE

Wait list

6

3

30

NR

(1)

Sungkarat 2016 [48]

MBE

Health education

15

3

50

NR

(1)

Zhu 2018 [34]

AE

General care

12

3

35

60–80% HRmax

(1)

Lü 2015 [42]

RE

Wait list

12

3

60

NR

(1)

Nishiguchi 2015 [35]

AE

Wait list

12

1

90

NR

(3)

  1. Digit Span;(2) Sternberg task;(3)N-back task;(4) Corsi block-tapping task;(5) Verbal Span;(6) Executive Control task;(7) Spatial Span; (8)Letter-Number Sequencing test; HRR heart rate reserve, HRmax Maximum heart rate, RPE rating of perceived exertion, VO2max Maximum oxygen uptake, “RM” Repetition Maximum