Tai Chi is Effective in Delaying Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Neuropsychological test and cognitive abilities measured in each study.

Cognitive abilities	Neuropsychological test used in assessment
General cognition	Mini-Mental State Examination, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog), Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Sum of Boxes, Mattis Dementing Rating Scale (total score)
Mental speed and attention	Stroop color-word, Trail-Making Test A and B, visual span; Mattis attention score, Frontal Assessment Battery
Memory and learning	Ray Auditory Verbal Learning Test, California Verbal Learning Test, WAIS-Logical memory delay, Wechsler Memory Scale-recall, delayed recall, digit span-forward, digit span-back, Mattis memory score
Visuospatial perception	Rey-Osterrieth complex Figure-Copy,; Clock drawing (copy and command),; Block design; Mattis construction score; Bell cancellation test (visual-spatial function was assessed by tests of bell cancellation)
Ideas, abstraction, figural creations, and mental flexibility	WAIS similarities, Trail-Making Test (B-A), verbal fluency, Mattis conceptualization score, Mattis; initiation score