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Exercise Intervention on Sleep Quality in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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  • Tan, Zelong

  • Jin, Yichen

  • Niu, Zhipei

  • April 27, 2026

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    Individuals with Alzheimer's disease often suffer from significant sleep disturbances that worsen with disease progression.

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    This review analyzed 12 randomized controlled trials involving 893 participants to assess exercise's impact on sleep quality.

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    Exercise interventions significantly improved perceived sleep quality, with a pooled effect size of -0.81 on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

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    Objective sleep measures, such as sleep efficiency and total sleep duration, did not show statistically significant improvements from exercise.

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    Greater benefits from exercise were noted in individuals with severe baseline sleep issues and those engaging in longer exercise sessions.

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Exercise Intervention on Sleep Quality in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • by Tan, Zelong , Jin, Yichen , Niu, Zhipei

  • April 27, 2026

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