Online chair exercises plus cognitive training showed no clear advantage over a brochure
Healthy older adults had changes in some outcomes with either approach, but the study found no statistically significant differences between the groups.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Adding live online sessions and cognitive training did not produce a statistically significant advantage over brochure-based chair exercises in this small study of healthy older adults. Some outcomes changed within each group, but those changes do not establish an advantage for either approach. The result leaves the added value of the combined online package uncertain.
The small sample does not establish equivalence between formats. Because participants were healthy older adults, the abstract also cannot show how the findings apply to those with health conditions.
What researchers found
Between-group differences across assessed outcomes
Cognitive tests, physical-function measures and well-being scales showed no significant advantage for online exercises plus cognitive training versus brochure exercises after 8 weeks.
A combined intervention
Live sessions paired chair exercises with cognitive training, while the brochure group received exercise instructions alone. The comparison therefore assessed the complete online package and could not isolate the contribution of cognitive training.
Within-group changes need context
Some test scores changed significantly within each group. Such changes answer a different question from whether the groups differ from each other; they do not, by themselves, show that either format caused better outcomes.
The original publication
Effectiveness of Chair-Based Exercises and Cognitive Training With Synchronous Telerehabilitation Method in Healthy Older Adults: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Study.
Kabul EG, Akar B, Calik BB
Psychogeriatrics · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40983490
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