Cognition improvement in Taekwondo novices over 40. Results from the SEKWONDO Study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Van Dijk, Gaby Pons ^a   Huijts, Marjolein ^a,b   Lodder, Jan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hard martial arts; Senior citizens; Taekwondo; Volunteers over 40

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL CODING TASK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FINGER SPAN; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER FLUENCY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKILL; TAEKWONDO; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84895835554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00074     Document Type: Article

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