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Improved cognitive performance following aerobic exercise training in people with traumatic brain injury.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine cognitive function in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) prior to and after participation in an aerobic exercise training program. DESIGN:Pre-post intervention study. SETTING:Medical research center. PARTICIPANTS:Volunteer sample of individuals (N=7) (age, 33.3±7.9y) with chronic nonpenetrating TBI (injury severity: 3=mild, 4=moderate; time since most current injury: 4.0±5.5y) who were ambulatory. INTERVENTION:Twelve weeks of supervised vigorous aerobic exercise training performed 3 times a week for 30 minutes on a treadmill. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Cognitive function was assessed using the Trail Making Test Part A (TMT-A), Trail Making Test Part B (TMT-B), and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Sleep quality and depression were measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Depression Inventory, version 2 (BDI-II). Indices of cardiorespiratory fitness were used to examine the relation between improvements in cognitive function and cardiorespiratory fitness. RESULTS:After training, improvements in cognitive function were observed with greater scores on the TMT-A (10.3±6.8; P=.007), TMT-B (9.6±7.0; P=.011), and RBANS total scale (13.3±9.3; P=.009). No changes were observed in measures of the PSQI and BDI-II. The magnitude of cognitive improvements was also strongly related to the gains in cardiorespiratory fitness. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest that vigorous aerobic exercise training may improve specific aspects of cognitive function in individuals with TBI and cardiorespiratory fitness gains may be a determinant of these improvements.

SUBMITTER: Chin LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4380661 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Improved cognitive performance following aerobic exercise training in people with traumatic brain injury.

Chin Lisa M LM   Keyser Randall Eugene RE   Dsurney John J   Chan Leighton L  

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 20141126 4


<h4>Objective</h4>To examine cognitive function in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) prior to and after participation in an aerobic exercise training program.<h4>Design</h4>Pre-post intervention study.<h4>Setting</h4>Medical research center.<h4>Participants</h4>Volunteer sample of individuals (N=7) (age, 33.3±7.9y) with chronic nonpenetrating TBI (injury severity: 3=mild, 4=moderate; time since most current injury: 4.0±5.5y) who were ambulatory.<h4>Intervention</h4>Twelve weeks of su  ...[more]

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