A Novel Intensity-Based Approach to Increasing Prefrontal Cerebral Oxygenation by Walking Exercise.

ABSTRACT: Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) increases after moderately intense exercise and is significantly correlated with cognitive function. However, no intensity-based physiological indicator for enhancing rCBF during low- to-moderate-intensity exercise has been proposed. The purpose of this study was to develop a physiological indicator housed in a wearable device to determine whether low-to-moderate intensity walking can increase rCBF. A cross-sectional study with four parallel arms was performed. Each of 114 participants was randomly assigned to either the moderate, low-to-moderate, low, or very low walking intensity groups. A novel dynamic cardiac force meter (CFM) was used to quantify walking intensity. Heart rate and hemoencephalography (HEG) were measured during each phase of the sessi

SUBMITTER: Hsiao YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027192 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature