Fitness and cognition in the elderly: The Austrian Stroke Prevention Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether greater cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better global and domain-specific cognitive function.

Methods

We investigated 877 participants (aged 65 ± 7 years, 55% women) of the Austrian Stroke Prevention Study. For cardiorespiratory fitness, the maximum oxygen consumption (V̇o2max) was calculated based on weight and maximum and resting heart rate on a treadmill test (mL·kg(-1)·min(-1)). A test battery assessing memory (Bäumler's Lern-und Gedächtnistest), executive function (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Trail Making Test-Part B, Digit Span Backward, Alters Konzentrationstest, a computerized complex reaction time task) and motor skills (Purdue Pegboard Test) was administered. Summary measures for cognitive domains and for global cognit

SUBMITTER: Freudenberger P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773949 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature