Nagamatsu Lindsay S, Flicker Leon, Kramer Arthur F, Voss Michelle W, Erickson Kirk I, Hsu Chun Liang, Liu-Ambrose Teresa
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Br J Sports Med. 2014 Jun;48(12):943-4. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093224. Epub 2014 Mar 21.
Dementia is one of the most pressing health care issues of the 21 century. Exercise is a modifiable lifestyle factor that has been identified as positively impacting cognitive functioning across the lifespan. Despite surmounting evidence linking exercise and cognitive functions in older adults, there is reluctance to adopt exercise as a prevention strategy; this view has been partially fueled by published reviews that have failed to include all the relevant literature. Therefore, in this commentary, we provide an update on the recent converging neuroimaging, behavioural, and biomarker evidence linking exercise with cognitive and brain health. We highlight that endorsing exercise as an effective strategy for improving health and well-being among older adults may potentially have a high impact for mitigating multiple health concerns, and should therefore be considered as a leading treatment strategy for dementia prevention.
痴呆症是21世纪最紧迫的医疗保健问题之一。运动是一种可改变的生活方式因素，已被确定对整个生命周期的认知功能有积极影响。尽管有越来越多的证据表明运动与老年人的认知功能有关，但人们仍不愿将运动作为一种预防策略；已发表的综述未能涵盖所有相关文献，这在一定程度上助长了这种观点。因此，在这篇评论中，我们提供了最新的神经影像学、行为学和生物标志物证据，这些证据表明运动与认知和大脑健康之间存在关联。我们强调，认可运动是改善老年人健康和福祉的有效策略，可能对减轻多种健康问题具有重大影响，因此应被视为预防痴呆症的主要治疗策略。
