ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)2021
Aerobic exercise in older people with subclinical sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: A randomized clinical trial.
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- Aerobic physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-communicable diseases risk in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Optimizing treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in cerebral small vessel disease using genetics.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Sustained high Life's Essential 8 is associated with lower risk of cerebral small vessel disease: a community-based study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Design of trials in lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease: review and experience with the LACunar Intervention Trial 2 (LACI-2).Stroke and vascular neurology · 2024Review
- Exploring the neuroprotective role of physical activity in cerebral small vessel disease.Brain research · 2024Review
- Effects of aerobic exercise training on cerebral pulsatile hemodynamics in middle-aged adults with elevated blood pressure/stage 1 hypertension.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Aerobic exercise in older people with subclinical sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: A randomized clinical trial.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe benefit and risk of aerobic exercise among older people harboring advanced cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) upon cognition, mood, and motor functions are unknown.
methodsThis rater-blind randomized trial examined effects of a 24-week aerobic exercise training (60 min/session, twice/week) upon clinical (cognition, mood, motor functions) and hemodynamic (pulse pressure [PP], blood pressure [BP], pulsatility index) measures in older people harboring moderate to severe CSVD, as evidenced by confluent white matter hyperintensity and/or ≥2 lacunes on magnetic resonance imaging. We further investigated interactions between treatment conditions and hemodynamics measures.
resultsFifty-three and 54 subjects were randomized into the active and control group, respectively. There was no between-group difference in any of the clinical outcomes. The active group had a greater between-group reduction in systolic BP and PP than the control group. Within-group comparison showed that global cognition of the active group remained similar at end of the study compared to baseline, whereas it declined significantly in the control group. We observed "diverging" interaction effects in that greater reduction in systolic BP/PP was associated with greater improvement in memory functions and global cognition but worsening in processing speed in the active group. Side effects were comparable between the two groups. DISCUSSION: Future study should investigate the mechanisms of the diverging impacts of aerobic exercise upon different cognitive domains so that the benefit-risk ratio of aerobic exercise in older people harboring more advanced CSVD can be better defined.
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