Influência da ginástica laboral sobre a função cognitiva

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Débora Nayara Félix Barbosa da
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/47949
• topic: Ginástica Laboral; Função Cognitiva; Função Executiva; Memória Operacional Visuoespacial.; Exercise in the workplace; Cognitive function; Executive function; Visual-spatial working memory.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of exercise in the workplace (EWP) on cognitive performance in workers of administrative functions. Methods: 16 workers who performed EWP (GEWP) and 14 workers who did not perform EWP, used as a comparative group (CG), working in administrative functions at the rectory of Federal university of Rio Grande do Norte. The assessments were conducted in two sessions after three months of training with EWP (2-3 d/wk, 10-15 min/d, stretching exercises). On the first session, it was assessed the cognitive performance using the Stroop Color Test (inhibitory function) and Corsi’s Block Test (visuospatial working memory). On the second session, the level of physical activity was assessed using IPAQ-short and collected personal information. Results: There was no difference between GEWP and CG in any phase of the Stroop Color Test neither in the Stroop interference (349.3 ± 103.52 Vs. 416.0 ± 129.7 ms; 5.37 ± 2.11 Vs. 10.12 ± 6.55 %error; P > 0.05). Similarly, there was no difference in visuospatial working memory performance between groups for the blocks sequence (5.50 ± 0.82 Vs. 5.57 ± 0.76 blocks) and for the test score (45.19 ± 15.96 Vs. 46.93 ± 15.93 points; P > 0.77). Conclusion: The results of the present study suggests that exercise in the workplace does not improve cognitive performance of the workers, especially in the executive function (processing speed and inhibitory function; visuospatial working memory).