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Participant characteristics associated with the effects of a physical and cognitive training program on executive functions (2022)


Tirkkonen, A., Törmäkangas, T., Kulmala, J., Hänninen, T., Neely, A. S., & Sipilä, S. (2022). Participant characteristics associated with the effects of a physical and cognitive training program on executive functions. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14, Article 1038673. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.1038673


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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Tirkkonen, Anna; Törmäkangas, Timo; Kulmala, Jenni; Hänninen, Tuomo; Neely, Anna Stigsdotter; Sipilä, Sarianna

Lehti tai sarja: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

eISSN: 1663-4365

Julkaisuvuosi: 2022

Ilmestymispäivä: 25.10.2022

Volyymi: 14

Artikkelinumero: 1038673

Kustantaja: Frontiers Media SA

Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.1038673

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83917


Tiivistelmä

Background: Physical and cognitive interventions have been shown to induce positive effects on older adults’ executive functioning. However, since participants with different background characteristics may respond differently to such interventions, we investigated whether training effects on executive functions were associated with sex, training compliance, and age. We also investigated if change in global cognition was associated with physical and cognitive training intervention-induced changes in executive functions.

Methods: Exploratory data from a randomized controlled trial were analyzed. Participants were 70–85-year-old men and women who received a 12-month physical (PT) or physical and cognitive training (PTCT) intervention. Measurements of executive functions related to inhibition (Stroop), set shifting (Trail Making Test B) and updating (Verbal Fluency) were performed at baseline and 12 months. Data were analyzed using a longitudinal linear path model for the two measurements occasion.

Results: Stroop improved significantly more in women and participants in the low compliance subgroup who received PTCT than in counterparts in the PT subgroup (difference –8.758, p = 0.001 and difference –8.405, p = 0.010, respectively). In addition, TMT B improved after the intervention in the low compliance PTCT subgroup and worsened in the corresponding PT subgroup (difference –15.034, p = 0.032). No other significant associations were observed.

Conclusion: Executive functions in women and in the participants, who only occasionally engaged in training showed greater improvement after the PTCT than PT intervention. However, the additional extra benefit gained from the PTCT intervention was uniquely expressed in each executive function measured in this study.


YSO-asiasanat: ikääntyneet; toimintakyky; toiminnanohjaus (psykologia); harjoittelu; kognitiiviset taidot; interventiotutkimus


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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2022

JUFO-taso: 1


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