Table 1 Search strategy for PsychINFO

Population

(elder* OR aging OR senior* OR (older adults) OR (older patients) OR (older women) OR (older people) OR (older persons) OR (older subjects) OR (old* age) OR geriatric* OR gerontolog* OR (late life) OR Alzheimer* OR Parkinson* OR (mean age of 60) OR (aged more than 60)

AND

Intervention

( exercise OR (physical activity) OR (physical exertion) OR swim* OR gym* OR walk* OR danc* OR jog* OR run* OR cycl* OR bicycl* OR hiking OR (tai ji) OR (tai chi) OR yoga OR (qi gong) OR sport* OR (physical training) OR (strength training) OR (weight training) OR (resistance training) OR (balance training) OR (aerobic training) OR (anaerobic training) OR (endurance training) OR (muscle training) OR exergam* OR (active video game) OR Wii OR Kinect OR pilates OR feldenkrais OR (motor activity) OR (cardiac rehabilitation))

AND

Outcome

(inhibition OR working memory OR executive function OR cognitive flexibility OR higher-level cognitive processes OR reasoning OR problem solving OR planning OR episodic memory OR Stroop test OR flanker task OR TMT task OR Wisconsin Card Sorting test OR flanker task OR global–local task OR go-no go task OR random number generation task OR saccade-antisaccade task OR Simon task OR stop-signal task)

AND

Type of design

(random* OR RCT OR (clinical trial) OR (intervention* study) OR randomized control trial OR randomized trial)