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Acute Effects of Low- and High-Speed Resistance Exercise on Cognitive Function in Frail Older Nursing-Home Residents:
Hélio J Coelho-Júnior1,2,3, Samuel da Silva Aguiar4,5, Riccardo Calvani6
1Laboratory of Applied Kinesiology, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Aim:
The present study investigated the acute effects of low- and high-speed resistance exercise on the cognitive function of frail older women living in nursing home.
Materials And Methods:
Ten institutionalized frail older women were recruited. Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test and Stroop test were performed before, immediately after, 1 h after, and 24 h after the end of the experimental session. Participants randomly performed low- and high-speed resistance exercise and a control session. Exercise sessions were composed of 4 resistance exercises with 4-8 sets of 4-10 repetitions at moderate intensity.
Results:
Results indicated that the performance of Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test was similarly increased immediately after both low- and high-speed resistance exercises. However, only improvements elicited by low-speed resistance exercise remained significant 1 h after the end of the exercise session. No acute effects of resistance exercise were observed on Stroop performance.
Conclusion:
Our findings indicated that both low- and high-speed resistance exercises acutely increased episodic memory in frail older women, whereas no changes on Stroop were observed.
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