Effects of Short-Term Physical Activity Interventions on Simple and Choice Response Times
| Autor: | Lynda Norton, Nicole Lewis, Kevin Norton |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Norton, Kevin, Norton, Lynda, Lewis, Nicole |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject Physical fitness Physical activity Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine Walking General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology walking 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Exercise program Reaction Time Humans follow up Medicine controlled study human 030212 general & internal medicine response time Exercise exercise General Immunology and Microbiology Physical activity interventions business.industry adult lcsh:R Low activity Cognition General Medicine major clinical study Physical therapy Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BioMed Research International BioMed Research International, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2314-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2016/5613767 |
| Popis: | Objective. Response time (RT) is important for health and human performance and provides insight into cognitive processes. It deteriorates with age, is associated with chronic physical activity (PA), and improves with PA interventions. We investigated associations between the amount and type of PA undertaken and the rate of change in RT for low-active adults across the age range 18–63 yr.Methods. Insufficiently active adults were assigned to either a walking (n=263) or higher-intensity (n=380) exercise program conducted over 40 days. Active controls were also recruited (n=135). Simple response time (SRT) and choice response time (CRT) were measured before and after the intervention and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up.Results. SRT and CRT slowed across the age range; however, habitually active participants at baseline had significantly faster CRT (p<0.05). The interventions increased weekly PA with corresponding increases in physical fitness. These changes were mirrored in faster CRT across the study for both intervention groups (p<0.05). No changes were found for SRT.Conclusions. Both PA interventions resulted in improvements in CRT among adults starting from a low activity base. These improvements were relatively rapid and occurred in both interventions despite large differences in exercise volume, type, and intensity. There were no effects on SRT in either intervention. |
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