Department of Family Medicine.
J Sports Sci Med. 2011 Dec 1;10(4):671-8. eCollection 2011.
Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. The purpose of this prospective pilot study was to examine the effects of dance exercise on cognitive function in elderly patients with metabolic syndrome. The participants included 38 elderly metabolic syndrome patients with normal cognitive function (26 exercise group and 12 control group). The exercise group performed dance exercise twice a week for 6 months. Cognitive function was assessed in all participants using the Korean version of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD-K). Repeated-measures ANCOVA was used to assess the effect of dance exercise on cognitive function and cardiometabolic risk factors. Compared with the control group, the exercise group significantly improved in verbal fluency (p = 0.048), word list delayed recall (p = 0.038), word list recognition (p = 0.007), and total CERAD-K score (p = 0.037). However, no significance difference was found in body mass index, blood pressure, waist circumference, fasting plasma glucose, triglyceride, and HDL cholesterol between groups over the 6-month period. In the present study, six months of dance exercise improved cognitive function in older adults with metabolic syndrome. Thus, dance exercise may reduce the risk for cognitive disorders in elderly people with metabolic syndrome. Key pointsMetabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment.Aerobic exercise improves cognitive function in elderly people and contributes to the prevention of degenerative neurological disease and brain damage. Dance sport is a form of aerobic exercise that has the additional benefits of stimulating the emotions, promoting social interaction, and exposing subjects to acoustic stimulation and music.In the present study, dance exercise for a 6-month period improved cognitive function in older adults with MS. In particular, positive effects were observed in verbal fluency, word list delayed recall, word list recognition, and the total CERAD-K score.Our data suggest that the implementation of dance exercise programs may be an effective means of prevention and treatment of cognitive disorders.
代谢综合征与认知障碍风险增加有关。本前瞻性初步研究的目的是探讨舞蹈运动对代谢综合征老年患者认知功能的影响。参与者包括 38 名认知功能正常的老年代谢综合征患者（26 名运动组和 12 名对照组）。运动组每周进行两次舞蹈运动，持续 6 个月。所有参与者均使用韩国版认知障碍联盟建立的阿尔茨海默病登记册（CERAD-K）评估认知功能。重复测量方差分析用于评估舞蹈运动对认知功能和心脏代谢风险因素的影响。与对照组相比，运动组在词语流畅性（p = 0.048）、单词列表延迟回忆（p = 0.038）、单词列表识别（p = 0.007）和总 CERAD-K 评分（p = 0.037）方面均有显著改善。然而，在 6 个月的时间内，两组之间的体重指数、血压、腰围、空腹血糖、甘油三酯和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇均无显著差异。在本研究中，6 个月的舞蹈运动改善了代谢综合征老年患者的认知功能。因此，舞蹈运动可能降低代谢综合征老年人认知障碍的风险。要点代谢综合征（MS）与认知障碍风险增加有关。有氧运动可改善老年人的认知功能，有助于预防退行性神经疾病和脑损伤。舞蹈运动是一种有氧运动，它具有刺激情绪、促进社会互动以及使参与者接触到声音刺激和音乐的额外益处。在本研究中，为期 6 个月的舞蹈运动改善了代谢综合征老年患者的认知功能。特别是在词语流畅性、单词列表延迟回忆、单词列表识别和总 CERAD-K 评分方面观察到了积极的影响。我们的数据表明，实施舞蹈运动计划可能是预防和治疗认知障碍的有效手段。
