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ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2022

Normal pace walking is beneficial to young participants' executive abilities.

J N Zhang, L S Xiang, Y Shi, F Xie, Y Wang, Y Zhang

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Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J N ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
L S XiangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
Y ShiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
F XieDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
Y WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China.
Y ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China. Zhangyizhe1975@163.com.
Soochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExercise can improve cognitive function. The impact of acute exercise on cognition is related to exercise intensity. This study aimed to explore whether normal walking had a beneficial effect on cognition.

methodsCompared with standing still, thirty healthy young men walked on a treadmill at a normal pace, and completed the Stroop test. Near-infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor the hemodynamic changes of the prefrontal cortex during the entire experiment.

resultsStudies showed that normal walking did not stimulate higher average cerebral oxygen in the PFC, but the peak cerebral oxygen in cognitive tests during walking was higher (Stroop Word: 2.56 ± 0.43 and 3.80 ± 0.50, P < 0.01, Stroop Color: 2.50 ± 0.37 and 3.66 ± 0.59, P < 0.05, Stroop Color-Word: 4.13 ± 0.55 and 5.25 ± 0.66, P < 0.01, respectively), and better results were achieved in the Stroop Color-Word test, which was reflected in faster reaction times (49.18 ± 1.68 s, 56.92 ± 2.29 s, respectively, P < 0.001) and higher accuracies (46.19 ± 0.69, 44.15 ± 0.91, respectively, P = 0.018).

conclusionFor healthy young people, even a normal walk is therefore good for cognition.

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Executive functionNear-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)Prefrontal cortex (PFC)Stroop testWalking

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PMID36403067
PMCPMC9675135
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