ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2011
Acute exercise improves cognition in the depressed elderly: the effect of dual-tasks.
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- Lifting cognition: a meta-analysis of effects of resistance exercise on cognition.Psychological research · 2020Pooled it
- Exercise for Cognitive Symptoms in Depression: A Systematic Review of Interventional Studies.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2018Pooled it
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- Neurobiological mechanisms of the effect of exercise on depressive disorder: analysis using CiteSpace.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- A study of long-term GABA and high-energy phosphate alterations in the primary motor cortex using anodal tDCS andFrontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Association of impaired cognitive function with balance confidence, static balance, dynamic balance, functional mobility, and risk of falls in older adults with depression.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2023Article
- The Combined Influences of Exercise, Diet and Sleep on Neuroplasticity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Be Fit, Be Sharp, Be Well: The Case for Exercise as a Treatment for Cognitive Impairment in Late-life Depression.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2021Review
- Exercise, brain plasticity, and depression.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2020Review
- Paying attention to attention in depression.Translational psychiatry · 2019Review
- Effects of Acute Exercise Duration on the Inhibition Aspect of Executive Function in Late Middle-Aged Adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
- Acute Aerobic Exercise Based Cognitive and Motor Priming: Practical Applications and Mechanisms.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Effects of a Single-Session Cognitive Enhancement Fitness Program on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged Women.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2018Article
- Aerobic Exercise as a Tool to Improve Hippocampal Plasticity and Function in Humans: Practical Implications for Mental Health Treatment.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2016Review
- The Roles of Exercise and Yoga in Ameliorating Depression as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Review
- Mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunctions in recurrent major depression.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of this study was to assess the acute effect of physical exercise on the cognitive function of depressed elderly patients in a dual-task experiment.
introductionPhysical exercise has a positive effect on the brain and may even act as a treatment for major depressive disorder. However, the effects of acute cardiovascular exercise on cognitive function during and after one session of aerobic training in elderly depressive patients are not known.
methodsTen elderly subjects diagnosed with major depressive disorder performed neuropsychological tests during and after a moderate physical exercise session (65-75%HR(max)). A Digit Span Test (Forward and Backward) and a Stroop Color-Word Test were used to assess cognitive function. The elderly participants walked on an electric treadmill for 30 minutes and underwent the same cognitive testing before, during, immediately after, and 15 minutes after the exercise session. In the control session, the same cognitive testing was conducted, but without exercise training.
resultsThe results of the Digit Span Test did not change between the control and the exercise sessions. The results of the Stroop Color-Word Test improved after physical exercise, indicating a positive effect of exercise on cognition.
conclusionsThese data suggest that the cognitive functions of depressed elderly persons, especially attention and inhibitory control, are not impaired during and after an acute session of physical exercise. In contrast, the effect of dual-tasks showed beneficial results for these subjects, mainly after exercise. The dual-task may be a safe and useful tool for assessing cognitive function.
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