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ArticleIBRO neuroscience reports2021

Acute response of prefrontal cortex in institutionalized older adults undergoing a single exergames session.

Mariana Rocha Alves, Knut Engedal, Jerson Laks, Vinícius Dias Rodrigues, Lara S F Carneiro, Ana Carolina de Mello Alves Rodrigues, Alfredo Maurício B de Paula, Renato Sobral Monteiro-Junior

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Article in IBRO neuroscience reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Mariana Rocha AlvesPost-Graduate Program of Medicine (Neurology/Neuroscience), Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Knut EngedalNorwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Jerson LaksPsychiatry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Vinícius Dias RodriguesDepartment of Physical Education, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Lara S F CarneiroHigher Institute of Educational Sciences (ISCE, Douro), Penafiel, Portugal.
Ana Carolina de Mello Alves RodriguesPhysiotherapy Department, Faculdades Santo Agostinho, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Alfredo Maurício B de PaulaPost-graduate Program of Health Sciences, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Renato Sobral Monteiro-JuniorPost-Graduate Program of Medicine (Neurology/Neuroscience), Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros · BRUniversidade Federal Fluminense · BRInstituto Superior da Maia · PTSykehuset i Vestfold · NOUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual reality-based exercise (exergames) improves cognition of the elderly but the neurophysiological effects are poorly understood. The hypothesis herein established is that an ultrafast neurophysiological adaptation occurs in prefrontal cortex of elderly after completion of a single exergames session. To reinforce the aforementioned hypothesis, individuals living in a Long-Term Care Home (LTCH) participated in the study and were randomly allocated into two groups (Virtual Reality Group, VRG, n = 5; and Active Control Group, ACG n = 5). VRG performed six exercises with exergames and ACG performed exercises with the same VRG movements but with no virtual reality. Assessment of frontal cortical activity at rest and during cognitive testing via electroencephalographic activity (EEG) was performed before and immediately after the intervention. Significant decrease in relative power of EEG (RP

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CognitionEEGOlder adultsPhysical activityVirtual reality

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PMID34939060
PMCPMC8664699
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