Journal article
Dose-response relationship between intensity of exercise and cognitive performance in individuals with Down syndrome: a preliminary study
Journal of intellectual disability research, Vol.60(6), pp.606-614
06/2016
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12258
PMID: 26923820
Abstract
Cognitive performance has been shown to be relevant to the early onset of Alzheimer's disease in individuals with Down syndrome. This study was aimed at investigating the dose-response relationship between acute exercise intensity and cognitive performance in this population.
In the current study, we measured information processing speed and two aspects of executive function (i.e. attention shifting and inhibitory control). Participants were assigned to high-intensity exercise (i.e. 75-85% of predicted maximum heart rate) (N = 6), moderate-intensity exercise (i.e. 50-75% of predicted maximum heart rate) (N = 6) or attentional control (N = 6) groups. Two exercise groups walked on a treadmill using an incremental intensity walking protocol, and the attentional control group watched a video for 20 min. Measures of information processing speed and executive function were tested pre-intervention and post-intervention.
Our results indicated that the performance in choice reaction time test was impaired in the high-intensity exercise, whereas improved performance was observed in the moderate-intensity exercise. However, moderate-intensity and high-intensity exercises were beneficial for inhibitory control aspect of executive function. Further, inconsistent with previous studies, a quadric trend was seen in information processing speed, and a liner trend was evident in inhibitory control.
Future research is needed to examine with a larger sample size, and more physiological measures are necessary to explore the underlying mechanisms in the relationship between exercise intensity and cognitive performance in individuals with Down syndrome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dose-response relationship between intensity of exercise and cognitive performance in individuals with Down syndrome: a preliminary study
- Creators
- C-C J J Chen - Mississippi State UniversityS D R Ringenbach - Arizona State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of intellectual disability research, Vol.60(6), pp.606-614
- DOI
- 10.1111/jir.12258
- PMID
- 26923820
- ISSN
- 0964-2633
- eISSN
- 1365-2788
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2016
- Academic Unit
- Health and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984772260102771
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