Assessment of the Relationship Between Executive Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Healthy Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health in healthy older adults have been reported using a variety of cardiorespiratory fitness estimates (CRFe). Using commonly used methods to determine CRF, we assessed the relationship between CRFe and executive function performance. Healthy older adults (n = 60, mean age 68 years, 77% women), underwent three CRF tests: a Maximal Graded Exercise Test performed on a cycle ergometer, the Rockport Fitness Walking Test, and a Non-Exercise Prediction Equation. Executive function was assessed by a computerized cognitive assessment using an N-Back task (updating cost) and a Stroop task (interference cost, global and local switch cost). Multiple hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to assess the relationship between diff

SUBMITTER: Predovan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595132 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature