加强肌肉活动和认知功能的关联在社区居住的中老年人和老年人中
Yuzi Zhang1, Laura F DeFina2, David Leonard2
1Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Journal of aging and health
|December 16, 2024
概括
肌肉增强活动 (MSA) 与老年人更好的认知功能有关. 即使没有有氧运动,也可以定期进行MSA,这有助于大脑健康,并可能降低轻度认知障碍的风险.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 认知能力下降是老年人群日益关注的一个问题.
- 保持认知功能对于老年人的生活质量至关重要.
- 具体的身体活动,如肌肉强化,对认知的作用需要进一步阐明.
研究的目的:
- 研究中年和老年人肌肉增强活动 (MSA) 与认知功能之间的关联.
- 确定MSA频率和体积是否与认知表现和轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 相相关.
主要方法:
- 这是一项对2973名55岁及以上的参与者进行的横截面研究.
- 包括MSA在内的休时间体育活动是自我报告的.
- 使用蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 评估认知功能;MCI被定义为MoCA<26.
主要成果:
- 参与≥2次MSA会议/周的参与者显示MoCA得分明显更高.
- 与没有MSA相比,MSA的中等体积与MCI的几率较低和MoCA得分较高有关.
- 这些关联是独立于有氧运动水平观察到的.
结论:
- 肌肉增强活动与中年和老年人的认知健康有关.
- 定期参与MSA可能是一个可行的策略,以支持认知功能,并可能减轻MCI风险.
- 这些发现强调了将MSA纳入健康老龄化的生活方式建议的重要性.
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