Different Exercise Types Produce the Same Acute Inhibitory Control Improvements When the Subjective Intensity Is Equal

Laura Carbonell-Hernandez, Juan Arturo Ballester-Ferrer, Esther Sitges-Macia, Beatriz Bonete-Lopez, Alba Roldan, Eduardo Cervello and Diego Pastor ()
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Laura Carbonell-Hernandez: Sports Research Center, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Juan Arturo Ballester-Ferrer: Sports Research Center, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Esther Sitges-Macia: Department of Psychology, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Beatriz Bonete-Lopez: Department of Psychology, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Alba Roldan: Sports Research Center, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Eduardo Cervello: Sports Research Center, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Diego Pastor: Sports Research Center, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-9

Abstract: Twenty-eight active older people (67.19 ± 4.91 years) who engaged in physical exercise activity twice a week were recruited to participate in a counterbalanced experimental protocol. The participants performed three different exercise sessions on three different days, one based on aerobic activities, one based on strength exercises with elastic bands, and one based on stationary balance games. During all three sessions, they were encouraged to maintain a moderate subjective intensity (5–6 on the RPE10 scale), and their heart rate was recorded. In addition, all of the participants took a digital version of the Stroop test before and after each session. The study aimed to compare the acute cognitive impacts of different types of exercise sessions in older adults. The participants’ heart rate differed between the exercise sessions, but they maintained the RPE intensity. There was a significant improvement in inhibitory control (Stroop test) after all sessions, with no differences between exercise sessions. Moreover, some participants agreed to be genotyped to record the single nucleotide polymorphism of BDNF rs6265. There were no differences between Val/Val and Met carriers at the beginning or end of the exercise sessions. The present study showed similar cognitive improvements with different exercise type sessions when the subjective intensity was maintained.

Keywords: aging; cognitive function; Stroop; physical exercise; exercise type (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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