Review Article

Effects of Combined Cognitive and Exercise Interventions on Poststroke Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of included trials.

AuthorYearCountry/regionIntervention cycle (number of times)GroupingBaseline age (years)Baseline numberDrop-off numberMale composition ratio (%)MMSEMoCA

Liu2015Canada48INT62.90 (12.10)2516024.80 (2.60)
D-INT66.90 (9.00)21.80 (6.90)

Park2019South Korea18DT56.30 (7.14)30069.226.50 (2.52)
COT59.75 (7.75)25.60 (2.91)

Ploughman2019Canada30Aerobic+COG62.10 (14.20)5203623.30 (7.50)
Aerobic+games58.40 (11.70)24.90 (4.80)
Activity+COG63.90 (8.50)24.90 (4.70)
Activity+games69.70 (8.90)21.90 (5.40)

Wang2019China36TT66.68 (2.44)2254655.617.45 (5.62)
PE65.12 (2.56)16.82 (5.83)
CT67.51 (2.24)15.69 (6.21)
CO64.36 (2.31)16.79 (6.35)

Yeh2019Taiwan36Sequential group50.63 (3.99)3007025.80 (0.92)20.07 (1.08)
Control group60.21 (3.10)24.57 (0.78)18.79 (1.36)

INT: intervention; D-INT: delayed intervention; DT: dual-task training; COT: conventional occupational therapy; COG: cognitive training or games; TT: combined intervention of physical exercise and cognitive training; PE: physical exercise; CT: cognitive training; CO: control group; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.