TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease
T2 - Gender differences and disease severity
AU - Teixeira-Arroyo, Cláudia
AU - Rinaldi, Natália Madalena
AU - Batistela, Rosangela Alice
AU - Barbieri, Fabio Augusto
AU - Vitório, Rodrigo
AU - Gobbi, Lilian Teresa Bucken
N1 - Funding information: The authors thank each movement disorder specialist in the PROPARKI Group. The authors thank CAPES, FAPESP and PROEX for financial support.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - This study investigated the effect of a multimodal exercise program on executive functions and memory in people with Parkinson's disease, taking into account disease severity and gender. Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were evaluated before and after a 6-month exercise program to improve executive functions and memory. We observed the effects of the intervention on executive functions (ability to abstract: p = .01), immediate memory (p = .04) and declarative episodic memory (p < 001). Women showed higher scores on declarative episodic memory (p = .03) than men, however there was no interaction between gender and the intervention. Regardless of sex and disease severity, these preliminary results indicate that the multimodal exercise seems to be effective in improving cognitive functions in patients with PD, suggesting that this program can be indicated as a preventive strategy to mitigate progressive cognitive deficits in the later stages of the disease.
AB - This study investigated the effect of a multimodal exercise program on executive functions and memory in people with Parkinson's disease, taking into account disease severity and gender. Twenty-three patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were evaluated before and after a 6-month exercise program to improve executive functions and memory. We observed the effects of the intervention on executive functions (ability to abstract: p = .01), immediate memory (p = .04) and declarative episodic memory (p < 001). Women showed higher scores on declarative episodic memory (p = .03) than men, however there was no interaction between gender and the intervention. Regardless of sex and disease severity, these preliminary results indicate that the multimodal exercise seems to be effective in improving cognitive functions in patients with PD, suggesting that this program can be indicated as a preventive strategy to mitigate progressive cognitive deficits in the later stages of the disease.
KW - Executive functions
KW - Exercise
KW - Memory
KW - Parkinsońs disease
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84926479512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/S1980-65742014000400014
DO - 10.1590/S1980-65742014000400014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926479512
SN - 1415-9805
VL - 20
SP - 461
EP - 469
JO - Motriz: Revista de Educação Física
JF - Motriz: Revista de Educação Física
IS - 4
ER -