The efficacy of playing the Ninntendo DS games on cognitive functions of healthy elderly: a randomaized controlled trial.

The efficacy of playing the Ninntendo DS games on cognitive functions of healthy elderly: a randomaized controlled trial. - The efficacy of playing games on cognitive functions.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000002825

Enrollment

Registered

2009-12-02

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Healthy elderly

Interventions

Playing a brain training game once a day, and 15 minutes for 4 weeks Playing a puzzle game once a day, and 15 minutes for 4 weeks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Age:65-75 2.Right-handed person

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Person whom has metal in the body(ex. a pacemaker, an aneurysm clip) 2.Person without medical history of the cerebral nerve disease 3.Person without medical history such as high blood pressure, the diabetes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1)Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) 2)Frontal assessment battery at bedside (FAB) 3)Trail Making Test-B (TMT-B) 4)Digit cancellation task (D-CAT 5)digit span forward (DS-F) 6)digit span backward (DS-B) 7)Digit Symbol Coding (Cd) 8)Symbol Search (SS)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1)Brain structure measured by MRI	—

Countries

Japan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026