Non-Motor Symptoms after One Week of High Cadence Cycling in Parkinson’s Disease

Sara A. Harper, Bryan T. Dowdell, Jin Hyun Kim, Brandon S. Pollock and Angela L. Ridgel
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Sara A. Harper: Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
Bryan T. Dowdell: Exercise Physiology Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, USA
Jin Hyun Kim: Exercise Physiology Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, USA
Brandon S. Pollock: Department of Exercise Science, Walsh University, North Canton, OH 44720, USA
Angela L. Ridgel: Exercise Physiology Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, USA

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: The objective was to investigate if high cadence cycling altered non-motor cognition and depression symptoms in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and whether exercise responses were influenced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism. Individuals with idiopathic PD who were ≥50 years old and free of surgical procedures for PD were recruited. Participants were assigned to either a cycling ( n = 20) or control ( n = 15) group. The cycling group completed three sessions of high cadence cycling on a custom motorized stationary ergometer. The primary outcome was cognition (attention, executive function, and emotion recognition were assessed via WebNeuro ® and global cognition via Montreal Cognitive Assessment). Depression symptoms were assessed via Beck Depression Inventory-II. There was a main effect of time for emotional recognition ( p = 0.048), but there were no other changes in cognition or depression symptoms. Regardless of intervention or Val66Met polymorphism, high cadence cycling does not alter cognition or depression symptoms after three sessions in one week.

Keywords: cognition; depression; exercise; neurodegenerative disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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