Busse Alexandre Leopold, Gil Gislaine, Santarém José Maria, Jacob Filho Wilson
Assistant Physician at the Geriatric Service of the Department of Clinical Medicine of HCFMUSP, PhD in Science from FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Neuropsychologist, post-graduate qualified at the Institute of Psychiatry of HCFMUSP, coordinator of the Memory Stimulus Center of the Alemão Oswaldo Cruz Hospital and of cognitive assessment for Fleury laboratories, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2009 Jul-Sep;3(3):204-208. doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642009DN30300005.
Physical activity has been indicated as a strategy to promote health in the elderly, as well as to encourage the maintenance of functional capacity, and acts in the prevention and control of various diseases. In recent years, there has been great interest in studying the benefits of physical activity in the preservation or even improvement of cognitive performance in both the elderly without cognitive impairment and in elderly patients with some degree of cognitive impairment or dementia. The majority of epidemiological studies and clinical trials have evaluated aerobic exercises while few have assessed resistance exercise programs. The objective of this review was to examine the effects of different types of physical activity on cognitive function of elderly individuals with or without prior impairment.
体育活动已被视为促进老年人健康、鼓励维持功能能力的一种策略,并且在预防和控制各种疾病方面发挥作用。近年来,人们对研究体育活动在保持甚至改善无认知障碍老年人以及有一定程度认知障碍或痴呆的老年患者认知表现方面的益处产生了浓厚兴趣。大多数流行病学研究和临床试验评估的是有氧运动,而很少有研究评估抗阻运动项目。本综述的目的是研究不同类型的体育活动对有无既往认知障碍的老年人认知功能的影响。