ArticleGeroScience2021
Greater habitual moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with better executive function and higher prefrontal oxygenation in older adults.
Article in GeroScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05970588 (Impact of a Standing Desk Converter Intervention on Habitual Posture, Cognition, and Cardiovascular Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Impact of a Standing Desk Converter Intervention on Habitual Posture, Cognition, and Cardiovascular Health
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Associations of 24-h movement behaviors with depressive symptoms among cancer survivors: findings from the NHANES 2011-2014.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Lower-limb physical function is associated with executive function in frail older adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- The impact of 24-h activity behaviors on physical and mental health in Chinese older adults: a compositional isochronous substitution analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- The impact of 24-h activity patterns on executive function in older adults with chronic diseases: analysis of the isotonic substitution effect.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between 24-h activity patterns and inhibitory control in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study based on chronic disease status.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Concurrent Changes in 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Cognitive Function during Retirement Transition: Longitudinal Compositional Data Analysis.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- The role of age and physical fitness on the relationship between physical activity and executive function.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2025Article
- The Effect of Physical Activity on Executive Functions in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal association between accelerometer-measured light-intensity physical activity and cognitive function in older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- fMRI insights into differential brain activation, executive function, and physical activity in older adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- The examination of physical function and cognitive outcomes in middle-to-older high-risk adults: an unsupervised clustering method.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Can weekend catch-up sleep decrease the risk of cognitive dysfunction in older adults?Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Association between changes in habitual stepping activity and cognition in older adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Frailty is associated with worse executive function and higher cerebral blood velocity in cognitively healthy older adults: a cross-sectional study.GeroScience · 2024Article
- Moderate intensity intermittent lifestyle physical activity is associated with better executive function in older adults.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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- Examining sex differences in the association between sedentary behavior and cognitive function in bariatric surgery patients.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
International physical activity guidelines recommend that older adults accumulate 150 min/week of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). It is unclear whether meeting this recommendation is associated with better higher-order cognitive functions and if so, what are the neurophysiological mechanisms responsible for such a relationship. We tested the hypothesis that meeting MVPA guidelines is associated with better executive function in older adults, and explored if greater increases in prefrontal cortex oxygenation are implicated. Older adults who did (active, n = 19; 251 ± 79 min/week) or who did not (inactive, n = 16; 89 ± 33 min/week) achieve activity guidelines were compared. Executive function was determined via a computerized Stroop task while changes in left prefrontal cortex oxygenation (ΔO
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