Four weeks of combination exercise training improved executive functions, episodic memory, and processing speed in healthy elderly people: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 787-799

  Nouchi, Rui ^a   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsushi ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Nozawa, Takayuki ^a   Nouchi, Haruka ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cognitive plasticity; Combination exercise raining; Intervention

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PROCESSING SPEED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897442969     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9588-x     Document Type: Article

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