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Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks

Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 trial in people. The newest story, Oct 26, 2026: “Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults”.

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“the comprehensive training group, where decreases in systolic blood pressure and increases in vital lung capacity and grip strength reached clinically significant values”
Analysis of the effectiveness of various fitness methods in the prevention of hypodynamia and improvement of quality of life in elderly and senile individualsUpravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika2025doi:10.25726/x7010-6738-2868-p

None of its findings points the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Human trial1

Studies in people

1 study gave comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks to people and measured what changed.

  • down: Decreases systolic blood pressure

    up: Increases vital lung capacity

    up: Improves grip strength

    Randomized trial482 people60-82 years18 months

    Older adults

    Upravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika, Jan 1, 2025

What did studies of Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks find?

4

Studies of Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are depression and anxiety (1 study), grip strength (1) and vital lung capacity (1).

Depression and anxiety

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1 study

  1. Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks decrease depression and anxiety in humans.

    “comprehensive training provides a synergistic effect and the most pronounced reduction in depression and anxiety.”

    Human trial18 months

    Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults

    Upravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika

Grip strength

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks improve grip strength in humans.

    “the comprehensive training group, where decreases in systolic blood pressure and increases in vital lung capacity and grip strength reached clinically significant values”

    Human trial18 months

    Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults

    Upravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika

Vital lung capacity

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks increase vital lung capacity in humans.

    “the comprehensive training group, where decreases in systolic blood pressure and increases in vital lung capacity and grip strength reached clinically significant values”

    Human triallung18 months

    Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults

    Upravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika

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Systolic blood pressure

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Comprehensive functional training with cognitive tasks decrease systolic blood pressure in humans.

    “the comprehensive training group, where decreases in systolic blood pressure and increases in vital lung capacity and grip strength reached clinically significant values”

    Human trial18 months

    Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults

    Upravlenie obrazovaniem: teoriya i praktika

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Combined fitness training improved quality of life in older adults

An 18-month randomized trial of 482 adults aged 60–82 found the largest gains with a combined exercise program that included mental tasks.An 18-month randomized trial of 482 adults aged 60–82 found the largest gains with a combined exercise program that included mental tasks.

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