Gerontology Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
Research Article
The Effect of Combined Exercise Versus Aerobic Exercise on Cognition and Mood among Hypertensive Older Adults: Randomized Clinical Trial
Author(s): Wellington Santos*, Amanda Sardeli, Daisa Fabiele, Victor Gadelha, Arthur Fernandes Gaspari, Claudia Cavaglieri, Laura Middleton and Mara Patricia Chacon-Mikahil
Comorbidities such as hypertension is a risky factor to impair cognitive function in elderly. Both strength and aerobics (CT, combined exercise) or aerobics (AT) has potential benefits for healthy as well as hypertensive elderly. Our goal was to evaluate the effects of CT and AT on cognition and mood. 52 hypertensive older adults were randomized to 16 weeks of CT (n=26) or group control (GC) (n=26), after this period subjects in the CONTROL began AT (AT) for 16 weeks. Delta between post and pre were calculated and normality was tested. One-way ANOVA to compared groups (CT, AT and CONTROL) follow by post-hoc of by Hechberg and Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Mann-Whitney, for CT and GC or Wilcoxon for GC and AT, depending upon parametric assumption. Improvements in aerobics fitness for both CT and AT (H (2) = 13.89 p<0.001 and p<0.001), working memory (H (2) = 10.07, p=0.02 and p.. View More»
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