异常与伸展运动训练对老年女性认知功能的影响
Min-Jyue Huang1,2, Favil Singh1,2, Dennis R Taaffe1,2
1Exercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
概括
奇特的阻力运动 (ECC) 显著改善了老年女性的认知和身体功能,远远超过拉伸. 这种运动类型可以对抗与年龄相关的衰退.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 运动生理学 运动生理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的认知衰退会影响执行功能和注意力.
- 与其他炼方式相比,古怪的炼可能会带来更好的神经认知益处.
- 了解运动在维持老年人的认知和身体功能中的作用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较异常阻力运动 (ECC) 与伸展运动 (STRETCH) 对健康老年女性认知和身体功能的影响.
- 为了确定ECC培训是否比STRETCH更有效地提高执行功能和注意力.
- 研究ECC对代谢标记物的影响.
主要方法:
- 对健康女性 (65-75岁) 进行为期8周的干预,这些女性被分配到ECC或STRETCH组 (每组n=14).
- ECC涉及7项强调异常收缩的练习; STRETCH涉及12项拉伸练习,每周两次监督会议以及家庭课程.
- 认知功能 (Stroop,Symbol Digit Modalities,Digit Span,Trail Making Tests) 和身体功能在干预前和后进行了评估. 分析血液样本以检测代谢标记物.
主要成果:
- 对于Stroop,数字跨度测试 (DST) 和Trail Making Test A (TMT-A) 观察到显著的群体×时间相互作用,ECC显示了DST (14.7%) 和TMT-A (10.2%) 的改善.
- 与STRETCH相比,ECC组在大多数身体功能测试中表现得更好.
- ECC干预导致血清葡萄糖和糖化血红蛋白水平降低.
结论:
- 短期的,体重异常运动有效地增强了老年妇女的特定认知和身体功能.
- 对于减轻与年龄相关的认知和身体能力下降,ECC可能是一个有价值的策略.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索古怪运动对大脑健康的长期影响和潜在机制.
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