A Non-Randomized Combined Program of Walking and Low-Load Resistance Exercise Improves Cognitive Function and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Elderly Womenopen access
- Authors
- Kim, J[Kim, Jeonghyeon]; Kang, S[Kang, Seamon]; Hong, H[Hong, Haeryun]; Joo, M[Joo, Mingyu]; Kang, H[Kang, Hyunsik]
- Issue Date
- Oct-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- exercise intervention; cognitive decline; cardiometabolic risk factors; functional fitness
- Citation
- HEALTHCARE, v.10, no.10
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- HEALTHCARE
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 10
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/101693
- DOI
- 10.3390/healthcare10102106
- ISSN
- 2227-9032
- Abstract
- Background: This study examines whether changes in cardiometabolic risk factors, functional fitness, and depressive symptoms following a six-month exercise intervention were associated with cognitive function in Korean women aged 65 years and older. Methods: A non-randomized study design was used to compare post-intervention changes in measured variables between control (n = 30) and exercise (n = 30) groups. The exercise intervention consisted of three days of low-load resistance exercise and two days of walking. Cognitive function and depressive symptoms were assessed with the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale, respectively. Functional fitness was measured using a senior fitness test battery. Results: The exercise group showed a significant improvement in cognitive function (p < 0.001) in conjunction with significant decreases in blood glucose (p = 0.052), triglycerides (p = 0.011), insulin (p = 0.002), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (p = 0.043), and depressive symptoms (p = 0.006) and an increase in interleukin-10 (p = 0.037), compared with the control group. Multivariate stepwise regression showed that changes in depressive symptoms (p < 0.001), insulin resistance (p < 0.001), and upper body muscle strength (p = 0.003) were positively associated with cognitive function. Conclusion: A six-month exercise intervention consisting of walking and low-load/high-repetition elastic band resistance exercise has the potential to improve cognitive function, as well as physical function and cardiometabolic risk factors, and to decrease depressive symptoms in older women.
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