Multiple roads lead to Rome: combined high-intensity aerobic and strength training vs. gross motor activities leads to equivalent improvement in executive functions in a cohort of healthy older adults

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Berryman, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Bherer, Louis ^c,d   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a   Lauzière, Séléna ^a   Lehr, Lora ^c   Bobeuf, Florian ^c   Lussier, Maxime ^c   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^c   Vu, Thien Tuong Minh ^c,e   Bosquet, Laurent ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dual task; Energy cost of walking; Mobility; Peak oxygen uptake; Potential energy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84919764122     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9710-8     Document Type: Article

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