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T1 Physical Activity Is Associated With Better Executive Function in University Students
A1 Salas Gomez, Diana
A1 Fernández Gorgojo, Mario
A1 Pozueta, Ana
A1 Diaz Ceballos, Isabel
A1 Lamarain, Maider
A1 Perez, Carmen
A1 Kazimierczak, Martha
A1 Sanchez Juan, Pascual
A2 Fisioterapia
K1 Fisioterapia
K1 Medicina. Salud
K1 Psicología
K1 Neuropsychological Tests
K1 Executive Function
K1 Sex Factors
K1 Women
K1 Young adult
K1 Physical Activity
AB [EN] Introduction: In recent years, the study of the benefits that physical exercise has on brain health has acquired special relevance. In order to implement exercise as an intervention to protect the brain, it is important to have a more clear idea of its effect in the young population. However, few studies have been carried out on these ages. Objective: The main objective of our study was to evaluate the association between physical activity (PA) with memory and executive function, in university students, analyzing the modulatory effect of sex. Methodology: We collected socio-demographic and life habit information, as well as data on the PA that was carried out during the previous week using the international PAquestionnaire short version (IPAQ-SF) questionnaire in 206 university students (mean age 19.55 ± 2.39; 67.5% women). Memory and executive function were assessed using a comprehensive battery of validate cognitive tests. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to correlate PA with cognitive tests scores and to evaluate the potential synergistic role of sex. Results: The main finding was that the total amount of PA correlated positively with several tests that evaluated aspects of executive function, specifically Stroop Colors (Pearson's r = 0.17; p = 0.01) and the Stroop Test Color-Word (Pearson's r = 0.15. p = 0.03). These results were adjusted by a large number of possible confounders and modifying variables in a multivariate analysis, like age, sex, academic record, day of the week, and time at which the test was performed. Additionally, we found out that sex had a synergistic effect with PA on the executive test Trail making test-A (TMTA), and in women, this association was stronger than in men. The more PA women reported, the better they performed, that is to say that they took less time to finalize the TMT-A (interaction term between PA and sex: b = -0.0009; p = 0.014). Conclusion: Our study adds evidence of the benefit of PA in cognition in the young population, specifically in the executive inhibitory control, and more significantly in women.
PB Frontiers
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18069
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18069
NO Salas-Gomez, D., Fernandez-Gorgojo, M., Pozueta, A., Diaz-Ceballos, I., Lamarain, M., Perez, C., Kazimierczak, M. y Sanchez-Juan, P. (2020). Physical Activity Is Associated With Better Executive Function in University Students. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 14, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00011
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 21-may-2024