活跃的生活方式能否保持老年人的认知效率? 一个试点研究体育活动和图形流之间的关系
Noemi Passarello1, Emahnuel Troisi Lopez2, Onofrio Gigliotta1
1Department of Humanities, University of Naples "Federico" II, Naples, Italy.
BMC psychology
|March 29, 2025
概括
身体活动对老年人有好处.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 身体活动 (PA) 对于维持大脑功能和缓解与年龄相关的认知和运动衰退至关重要.
- 老年人经历认知和运动能力的变化,使得像PA这样的干预措施很重要.
- 执行功能,包括流性,是受衰老影响的关键认知领域.
研究的目的:
- 研究体育活动 (PA) 对老年人的认知益处,特别关注口头和图形流性.
- 为了比较活跃与久坐不动的老年人在流利性任务上的表现.
- 探索PA和流利性之间的关系中的潜在性别差异.
主要方法:
- 试点研究涉及45名老年人 (平均年龄68.11±3.34岁).
- 使用流利性测试 (FAS) 评估口头流利性,使用修改的五点测试 (m-FPT) 评估图形流利性.
- 参与者根据国际体育活动问卷 (IPAQ) 截止分数被归类为活跃或久坐.
主要成果:
- 久坐不动的人在图形流度测量方面表现明显差,包括独特的图纸,战略图纸和战略指数.
- 与女性相比,男性在体育活动和口头流利之间表现出显著的积极关联.
- 对于图形流性 (m-FPT),没有发现基于性别的显著差异.
结论:
- 身体活动对老年人的认知功能有积极的影响,特别是图形流性.
- 图形流性可能是成功老化的有价值指标.
- 在老年人群中,PA干预可以量身定制,以增强特定的认知能力,如图形流性.
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