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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2024

Moderate intensity intermittent lifestyle physical activity is associated with better executive function in older adults.

Emily MacDonald, Elisabeth G Morrison, Madeline E Shivgulam, Liam P Pellerine, Derek S Kimmerly, Nick W Bray, Said Mekari, Myles W O'Brien

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Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Emily MacDonaldDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Elisabeth G MorrisonSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada.
Madeline E ShivgulamDivision of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Liam P PellerineDivision of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Derek S KimmerlyDivision of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Nick W BrayFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Said MekariDepartment of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Myles W O'BrienDepartment of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Executive functions are among the first cognitive abilities to decline with age and age-related executive function slowing predisposes older adults to cognitive disorders and disease. Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (ILPA) reflects brief, unplanned activity that occurs during routine daily activities and is operationalized as activity bouts <60s. Our understanding of short bouts of habitual physical activity and executive functions is limited. We tested the hypothesis that greater amounts of ILPA in moderate and vigorous intensity domains would be associated with better executive function in older adults. Forty older adults (26 females, 68 ± 6, >55 years; body mass index: 26.6 ± 4.3 kg/m

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cognitive agingcognitive declinephysical activity intensityshort bout physical activityTrail-Making-Task

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PMID38835704
PMCPMC11148362

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