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P2‐252: Six months of controlled aerobic exercise reduces cortisol for women but not men with MCI
Author(s) -
Baker Laura D.,
Craft Suzanne,
Wilkinson Charles W.,
Green Pattie,
Plymate Stephen R.,
Watson G. Stennis,
Cholerton Brenna,
Smith Lauren,
Fisher Laura
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.566
Subject(s) - aerobic exercise , medicine , heart rate , treadmill , vo2 max , physical therapy , endocrinology , psychology , blood pressure
were categorized as memory and planning impairments (40%), global impairments (40%) and memory only impairments (20%). Only 37% of the patients completed the minimum number of training sessions proposed (4). The average number of training sessions was 5,0. Cognitive improvement appeared as a possibility based on increased patient engagement, although with low statistical significance (p1⁄40,9). Patients with familiar engagement seems to have more adherence (5,3þ4,0 x 3,8þ2,5, p1⁄40,4). Conclusions: The age, the existence of less important cognitive impairment (CDR 0 and 0,5) and the family involvement arise as the factors that can help patient engagement to the cognitive training.