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"Studies show that our hippocampus, the part of the brain that is responsible for memory function, receives increased blood flow and oxygenation when we engage in regular physical exercise. This ...
Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Neuroimaging studies indicate that exercise may influence changes in brain structure and function. [98] Some investigations have linked low levels of aerobic fitness in children with impaired executive function when older as adults, but lack of selective attention, response inhibition, and interference control may also explain this outcome. [100]
The researchers didn’t find a hard number for how much exercise is needed to get the brain benefits. “We just looked at when people did more physical activity than their usual,” Bloomberg says.
“Our study suggests that getting sufficient sleep may be required for us to get the full cognitive benefits of physical activity,” said lead author Dr. Mikaela Bloomberg, a research fellow at ...
A 2019 study on the relevance of exercise intensity in lower back rehabilitation, demonstrated higher intensity had a greater effectiveness with back therapy than moderate intensity exercise. Participants in the HIIT group had a decrease in back pain intensity and an increase in back muscle strength. [ 50 ]
Older adults are aware of the benefits of exercise, but many are not performing the exercise needed to maintain these benefits. [17] Sports science provides a means of allowing older people to regain more physical competence without focusing on doing so for the purposes of anti-aging. [ 16 ]
Aerobic exercise and fitness can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise, of which strength training and short-distance running are the most salient examples. The two types of exercise differ by the duration and intensity of muscular contractions involved, as well as by how energy is generated within the muscle. [34]