Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity
This study investigated the effect of a multimodal exercise program on executive functions and memory in people with Parkinson's disease, taking into account disease severity and gender. Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were evaluated before and after a 6-month exercise...
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| author | Claudia Teixeira-Arroyo Natália Madalena Rinaldi Rosangela Alice Batistela Fabio Augusto Barbieri Rodrigo Vitório Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi |
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| description | This study investigated the effect of a multimodal exercise program on executive functions and memory in people with Parkinson's disease, taking into account disease severity and gender. Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were evaluated before and after a 6-month exercise program to improve executive functions and memory. We observed the effects of the intervention on executive functions (ability to abstract: p = .01), immediate memory (p= .04) and declarative episodic memory (p < .001). Women showed higher scores on declarative episodic memory (p = .03) than men, however there was no interaction between gender and the intervention. Regardless of sex and disease severity, these preliminary results indicate that the multimodal exercise seems to be effective in improving cognitive functions in patients with PD, suggesting that this program can be indicated as a preventive strategy to mitigate progressive cognitive deficits in the later stages of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcfcbec171e34d37bf52a1e6fcd890562022-12-22T02:27:07ZengUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica1980-65742014-12-0120446146910.1590/S1980-65742014000400014S1980-65742014000400461Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severityClaudia Teixeira-ArroyoNatália Madalena RinaldiRosangela Alice BatistelaFabio Augusto BarbieriRodrigo VitórioLilian Teresa Bucken GobbiThis study investigated the effect of a multimodal exercise program on executive functions and memory in people with Parkinson's disease, taking into account disease severity and gender. Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were evaluated before and after a 6-month exercise program to improve executive functions and memory. We observed the effects of the intervention on executive functions (ability to abstract: p = .01), immediate memory (p= .04) and declarative episodic memory (p < .001). Women showed higher scores on declarative episodic memory (p = .03) than men, however there was no interaction between gender and the intervention. Regardless of sex and disease severity, these preliminary results indicate that the multimodal exercise seems to be effective in improving cognitive functions in patients with PD, suggesting that this program can be indicated as a preventive strategy to mitigate progressive cognitive deficits in the later stages of the disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742014000400461&lng=en&tlng=enejerciciofunciones ejecutivasmemoriaenfermedad de Parkinson |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Teixeira-Arroyo Natália Madalena Rinaldi Rosangela Alice Batistela Fabio Augusto Barbieri Rodrigo Vitório Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica ejercicio funciones ejecutivas memoria enfermedad de Parkinson |
| title | Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity |
| title_full | Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity |
| title_fullStr | Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity |
| title_short | Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: Gender differences and disease severity |
| title_sort | exercise and cognitive functions in parkinson s disease gender differences and disease severity |
| topic | ejercicio funciones ejecutivas memoria enfermedad de Parkinson |
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