The influence of the physical activity in the senior's memory

• Autor(a) principal: Albuquerque,Ana Paula de Azevedo
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Ferreira,Maria Elisa Caputo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/156
• topic: Old, physical, exercise, memory.

<p><b>OBJECTIVES:</b> The aim of this study was to analyze the memory performance in relation to physical activity levels of older people active and less active.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> In this study 150 subjects were divided in seniors physically active and less active, regular residents of Juiz de Fora, they were submitted to the tests Mini Exam of Mental State and the International questionnaire of Physical Activity (IPAQ). We correlated all the data.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The analysis of these results showed a significant difference among the groups. The seniors' group physically active presented better results mainly in the exam of Mini Exam of mental State related to memory in relation to the group of seniors less active, they also presented better results in all of the comparisons done by the Test T (p &lt; 0.05). The result showed that the activity influences directly in the seniors' memory.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> The senior's groups physically active presented better results in cognitive assessment.</p>