The influence of physical exercise and leisure activity on neuropsychological functioning in older adults

Age

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Antunes, Hanna Karen Moreira ^a,c   Santos Galduroz, Ruth Ferreira ^b   De Aquino Lemos, Valdir ^a,c   Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeu ^a   Rzezak, Patrícia ^c   de Santana, Marcos Gonçalves ^c   De Mello, Marco Túlio ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercicio CEPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leisure activity; Neuropsychological functions; Older adults; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84937958567     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9815-8     Document Type: Article

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