The Effect Of Physical Activity Training On Patients With Dementia – Systematic Review
VOLUME 22, 2025
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Eman Ali Alshafei, Maha Mohammed Aldalaan, Hoda Jehad Abousada, Amirah Radhi Alruwaili, Dyna Khaled AlHajri, Mahmood Mohammad Alqurashi, Reem Emad Gommosani, Dalia Hassan Bahassan
Salman Nawar Alotaibi, Abdulgader Jamal Mira, Mohammed Tawfeeq Alkhawaja, Abdulelah Mohammed Alshareef, Muath Usama Basabrain, Abdullah Rushud Alghamdi and Norah Ibrahim Asiri
Abstract
Background: Physical activity is increasingly recommended as a non-pharmacological intervention for patients with dementia. Objective: To systematically review the effects of physical activity training on cognitive, functional, behavioral, and physical outcomes in patients with dementia. Methods: A systematic narrative review of randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews published up to January 2026 was conducted. Results: Physical activity interventions showed consistent benefits on physical function and activities of daily living, with modest improvements in cognition. Conclusion: Physical activity is a safe and beneficial adjunct therapy for dementia care.
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Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
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Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty