TY - JOUR
T1 - A Single 30 Minutes Bout of Combination Physical Exercises Improved Inhibition and Vigor-Mood in Middle-Aged and Older Females
T2 - Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Nouchi, Rui
AU - Nouchi, Haruka
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Ms. Haruka Naito, Ms. Hitomi Tsuda, and Mr. Hikaru, Saito, from Curves, Japan. They had no involvement in the study design, data collection, analysis, or reporting of the results. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing. Funding. This study was supported by Curves Japan, was an industry-academic collaboration of Tohoku University. This study was also supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 17H06046 and 19H05003 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas) and 16KT0002 and 19H01760 [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)]. RN was supported by JSPS Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) program. None of the funding sources had any involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, or the writing of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Nouchi, Nouchi and Kawashima.
PY - 2020/6/24
Y1 - 2020/6/24
N2 - Background: Long-term combination of physical exercises has reported benefits for cognitive functions and mood states. However, it remains unclear whether a single bout of combination exercise training has acute positive effects on cognitive functions and mood states in middle-aged and older women. It is important to investigate acute effect of physical exercise because it would help to understand a mechanism of benefits of physical exercise. The purpose of this study was to investigate 30 min of a single bout of combination exercise training on cognition and mood states in middle-aged and older females. Methods: In this single-blinded randomized control trial (RCT), middle-aged and older females were assigned randomly to two groups: a combination exercise group and a no-exercise control group. The former group did the combination exercise training (aerobic, strength, and stretching exercises) for 30 min. Meanwhile, the latter group did not do any exercise and waited for 30 min. We measured cognitive functions and mood performance states before and after the exercise or control interventions. Results: Our main results demonstrated that, compared to the control group, the combination exercise improved inhibition (reverse Stroop and Stroop) and increased vigor–activity mood scores in both middle-aged and older groups. We also found that the only combination exercise group showed the significant positive correlations between improved inhibition performance and improved vigor–activity mood. Discussion: This randomized controlled trial revealed the acute benefits of combination exercise on inhibition in executive functions and vigor–activity in the healthy middle-aged and older females. Our results provided the scientific evidence related to acute effects of the single bout of the combination exercise training. It suggests that we would be better to do the 30 min physical exercise for our health. Clinical Trial Registration: This trial was registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000029681). Registered 24 October 2017, https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-bin/ctr/ctr_view_reg.cgi?recptno=R000033922.
AB - Background: Long-term combination of physical exercises has reported benefits for cognitive functions and mood states. However, it remains unclear whether a single bout of combination exercise training has acute positive effects on cognitive functions and mood states in middle-aged and older women. It is important to investigate acute effect of physical exercise because it would help to understand a mechanism of benefits of physical exercise. The purpose of this study was to investigate 30 min of a single bout of combination exercise training on cognition and mood states in middle-aged and older females. Methods: In this single-blinded randomized control trial (RCT), middle-aged and older females were assigned randomly to two groups: a combination exercise group and a no-exercise control group. The former group did the combination exercise training (aerobic, strength, and stretching exercises) for 30 min. Meanwhile, the latter group did not do any exercise and waited for 30 min. We measured cognitive functions and mood performance states before and after the exercise or control interventions. Results: Our main results demonstrated that, compared to the control group, the combination exercise improved inhibition (reverse Stroop and Stroop) and increased vigor–activity mood scores in both middle-aged and older groups. We also found that the only combination exercise group showed the significant positive correlations between improved inhibition performance and improved vigor–activity mood. Discussion: This randomized controlled trial revealed the acute benefits of combination exercise on inhibition in executive functions and vigor–activity in the healthy middle-aged and older females. Our results provided the scientific evidence related to acute effects of the single bout of the combination exercise training. It suggests that we would be better to do the 30 min physical exercise for our health. Clinical Trial Registration: This trial was registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000029681). Registered 24 October 2017, https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-bin/ctr/ctr_view_reg.cgi?recptno=R000033922.
KW - acute effect
KW - combination exercise
KW - inhibition
KW - older adults
KW - vigor mood
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U2 - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00179
DO - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00179
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087740476
SN - 1663-4365
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
JF - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
M1 - 179
ER -