scholarly journals Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Wu ◽  
Eunah Jo ◽  
Hongqing Ji ◽  
Kyung-Hee Kim ◽  
Jung-Jun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
P300 Amplitude ◽  
N200 Amplitude ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Visuospatial Skills ◽  
Electrophysiological Signal

BACKGROUND Recent studies indicate that exercise-related games can improve executive function, attention processing, and visuospatial skills. OBJECTIVE This study investigates whether exercise with exergame can improve the executive function in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS). METHODS Twenty-two MetS patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the exergame group (EXG) and treadmill group. The reaction time (RT) and electrophysiological signal from the frontal (Fz), central (Cz), and parietal (Pz) cortex were collected during a Stroop task after 12 weeks’ exercise. RESULTS During the Stroop congruence (facilitation) judgment task, both EXG and TEG showed significantly faster RT after 12 weeks of exercise training. For N200 amplitude, EXG significantly increased on Fz and Cz. These changes were significantly larger in EXG than TEG. For P300 amplitude, EXG significantly increased on Fz, Cz, and Pz, while TEG significantly increased on Cz and Pz only. During the Stroop incongruence (interference) judgment task, both EXG and TEG showed significantly faster RT. For P300 amplitude, EXG significantly increased on Fz and Cz only, while TEG significantly increased on Fz, Cz, and Pz. CONCLUSIONS Exergaming improves executive function in patients with MetS as much as normal aerobic exercise. Particularly, the unique benefit of the exergame beyond increased aerobic capacity is the improvement of selective attention among cognitive functions. Thus, exergaming could be recommended to someone who needs to improve brain responses of concentration and judgment as well as physical fitness.

scholarly journals Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial

10.2196/13575 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e13575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Wu ◽  
Eun-Ah Jo ◽  
Hongqing Ji ◽  
Kyung-Hee Kim ◽  
Jung-Jun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
P300 Amplitude ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
N200 Amplitude ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Electrophysiological Signals ◽  
Visuospatial Skills

Background Recent studies indicate that participation in exercise-related games can improve executive function, attention processing, and visuospatial skills. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether exercise via exergaming (EXG) can improve executive function in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods A total of 22 MetS patients were recruited and randomly assigned to an EXG group or a treadmill exercise (TE) group. The reaction time (RT) and electrophysiological signals from the frontal (Fz), central (Cz), and parietal (Pz) cortices were collected during a Stroop task after 12 weeks of exercise. Results During the Stroop congruence (facilitation) judgment task, both the EXG and TE groups showed significantly faster RT after 12 weeks of exercise training. For N200 amplitude, the EXG group demonstrated significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz and Cz cortices. These changes were significantly larger in the EXG group than in the TE group. Separately, for the P300 amplitude, the EXG groups presented significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz, Cz, and Pz cortices, whereas the TE group showed significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Cz and Pz cortices only. During the Stroop incongruence (interference) judgment task, both the EXG and TE groups showed significantly faster RT. For P300 amplitude, the EXG group had significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz and Cz cortices only, whereas the TE group had significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz, Cz, and Pz cortices. Conclusions EXG improves executive function in patients with MetS as much as normal aerobic exercise does. In particular, a unique benefit of EXG beyond increased aerobic capacity is the improved selective attention among cognitive functions. Thus, EXG could be recommended to someone who needs to improve their brain responses of concentration and judgment as well as physical fitness. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04015583; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04015583

scholarly journals Teasing apart factors influencing executive function performance in bilinguals and monolinguals at different ages

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole ◽  
Enlli Môn Thomas ◽  
Nestor Viñas Guasch ◽  
Ivan Kennedy ◽  
Cynog Prys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Simon Task ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Different Ages

Abstract This study attempts to tease apart a variety of factors that may contribute to performance on executive function tasks. Data from the Simon task is re-examined to determine the contributions of age, SES, language proficiency/vocabulary, general cognitive performance, and bilingualism on performance. The results suggest influence from a variety of factors, with a major contribution from relative age and from language proficiency, as measured by vocabulary. Bilingualism showed some effect in relation to older adults’ accuracy of performance, in both congruent and incongruent conditions, but not to reaction time.

scholarly journals Hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect of Tai chi exercise training in older adults with metabolic syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 523-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez ◽  
Taide Laurita Arista-Ugalde ◽  
Juana Rosado-Pérez ◽  
Mirna Ruiz-Ramos ◽  
Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Antioxidant Effect ◽  
Tai Chi Exercise

The effect of water-based rhythmic exercise training on glucose homeostasis and thyroid hormones in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanieh Berahman ◽  
Alireza Elmieh ◽  
Mohammad Reza Fadaei chafy
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Effect Of Water ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Rhythmic Exercise ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Objectives The present study aimed to explore the effect of water-based rhythmic exercise training on fasting blood sugar (FBS), homeostatic model assessment (HOMA), insulin, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and T4 in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome. Methods In this clinical trial, 31 postmenopausal woman with metabolic syndrome aged 69.16 ± 2.02 years were randomly assigned to an experimental (n=16) and a control group (n=15). The training program was composed of 12 weeks of water-based rhythmic exercise training performed intermittently for 60 min three times a week. Before and after training, blood was analyzed for glucose homeostasis, T4, and TSH. Data were subjected to analysis by paired t-test and covariance analysis at the p<0.05 level. Results The exercise training intervention reduced the FBS and insulin significantly (p=0.000). The growth hormone (GH) index was increased significantly only in the experimental group (p=0.037) whereas no significant variations occurred in the insulin-like growth factor-1 (p=0.712). It was also found that TSH and T4 change in the experimental group as compared to the pre-test. Conclusions Water-based rhythmic exercise training may improve blood glucose homeostasis, TSH, and T4.

Behavioral and Brain Responses Highlight the Role of Usage in the Preparation of Multiword Utterances for Production

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Hyein Jeong ◽  
Emiel van den Hoven ◽  
Sylvain Madec ◽  
Audrey Bürki
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Time Windows ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Balanced Design ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Functional Locus ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Electrophysiological Signal ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Naming Latencies

Abstract Usage-based theories assume that all aspects of language processing are shaped by the distributional properties of the language. The frequency not only of words but also of larger chunks plays a major role in language processing. These theories predict that the frequency of phrases influences the time needed to prepare these phrases for production and their acoustic duration. By contrast, dominant psycholinguistic models of utterance production predict no such effects. In these models, the system keeps track of the frequency of individual words but not of co-occurrences. This study investigates the extent to which the frequency of phrases impacts naming latencies and acoustic duration with a balanced design, where the same words are recombined to build high- and low-frequency phrases. The brain signal of participants is recorded so as to obtain information on the electrophysiological bases and functional locus of frequency effects. Forty-seven participants named pictures using high- and low-frequency adjective–noun phrases. Naming latencies were shorter for high-frequency than low-frequency phrases. There was no evidence that phrase frequency impacted acoustic duration. The electrophysiological signal differed between high- and low-frequency phrases in time windows that do not overlap with conceptualization or articulation processes. These findings suggest that phrase frequency influences the preparation of phrases for production, irrespective of the lexical properties of the constituents, and that this effect originates at least partly when speakers access and encode linguistic representations. Moreover, this study provides information on how the brain signal recorded during the preparation of utterances changes with the frequency of word combinations.

Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Exercise on Metabolic Syndrome Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 109980042095806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidar Alizaei Yousefabadi ◽  
Arghavan Niyazi ◽  
Sahar Alaee ◽  
Mehrdad Fathi ◽  
Gholam Rasul Mohammad Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Inflammatory Status ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Training Impact

Background: Increments in inflammatory indicators and low levels of physical activity are correlated to the expansion of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish if exercise training ameliorates inflammatory status in MetS patients. Data sources: PubMed, CINAHL, and Medline, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases and reference lists of included studies were searched. Study selection: Twenty randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of exercise-training impact on inflammatory markers (tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin (IL) 6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-18) with concurrent control groups were included in this analysis. Results: Results demonstrated an overall significant decrease in serum levels of TNF-α (mean difference (MD): −1.21 pg/ml; 95% confidence interval (CI): −1.77, −0.66), CRP (MD: −0.52 mg/l; 95% CI: −0.79, −0.25), IL-8 (MD: −1.31 pg/ml; 95% CI: −2.57, −0.06), and a significant increase in IL-10 (MD: 0.48 pg/ml; 95% CI: 0.10, 0.86). But exercise training did not change the level of IL-6 (MD: −0.69 pg/ml; 95% CI: −1.53, 0.14) and IL-18 (MD: −53.01 pg/ml; 95% CI: −166.64, 60.62). Conclusion: Exercise training improves TNF-α, CRP, IL-8, and IL-10 levels in patients with MetS. For some variables, isolated aerobic exercise, and combined aerobic and resistance exercise appears to be optimal. Future research is needed to clarify the mechanisms underlying exercise training’s effect on this population’s inflammatory markers. More studies are required to confirm these findings.

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