The association between a single bout of moderate physical activity and executive function in young adults with <scp>D</scp>own syndrome: a preliminary study

Chen, C.-C.; Ringenbach, Shannon; Crews, Debra J.; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Amazeen, Eric L.

doi:10.1111/jir.12163

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“…More specific to this study, a single bout of moderate intensity aerobic exercise has also been shown to improve inhibition in young adults with DS (Chen et al . ), but further evidence of the effects of exercise on cognition in individuals with DS is extremely limited. To date, we are unaware of any chronic exercise intervention studies examining the effects on EF in persons with DS, with one exception.…”

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The effects of assisted cycling therapy (ACT) and voluntary cycling on reaction time and measures of executive function in adolescents with Down syndrome

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The effects of assisted cycling therapy (ACT) and voluntary cycling on reaction time and measures of executive function in adolescents with Down syndrome

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“…Recently, some researchers became interested in the acute effect of exercise on cognitive performance in individuals with DS. To our knowledge, Chen, Ringenbach, Crews, Kulinna, and Amazeen () and Ringenbach, Albert, Chen, and Alberts () demonstrated the positive benefits in different aspects of cognitive performance (i.e. information processing speed, cognitive planning and inhibitory control) in adolescents and young adults with DS after a single bout of exercise intervention.…”

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“…To our knowledge, there have been studies examining the influence of exercise on the cognitive performance in information processing speed (Chen et al . ), cognitive planning (Ringenbach et al . ) and attention shifting and inhibitory control (Chen & Ringenbach ).…”

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The effect of acute exercise on the performance of verbal fluency in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome: a pilot study

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2019

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Background The high prevalence of cognitive dysfunction is well documented in individuals with Down syndrome. However, only a few studies have focused on the effect of exercise on cognitive performance in this population. In particular, verbal fluency has been shown to be relevant to the early onset of Alzheimer's disease in individuals with Down syndrome. Thus, this study was aimed at investigating the relationship between acute exercise and verbal fluency in this population. Methods It was a pre-post design. Twenty-eight participants (aged 14-31) were assigned to highintensity exercise (i.e. 70-85% of predicted maximum heart rate) (N = 8), moderate-intensity exercise (i.e. 50-69% of predicted maximum heart rate) (N = 10) or attentional control (N = 10) groups. Two exercise groups walked on a treadmill using an incremental walking protocol, and the attentional control group watched a video for 20 min. Measures of verbal fluency (i.e. semantic fluency and phonetic fluency) were tested pre-intervention and post-intervention. Results The result showed a quadric trend between semantic fluency and intensity of exercise. The improvement in cognitive performance on semantic fluency test was observed in the moderate-intensity exercise. However, neither a linear trend nor a quadric trend was seen in phonetic fluency. Conclusions The result showed an inverted-U relationship between exercise intensity and semantic fluency. A larger sample size, testing time and more reliable psychophysiological measures (e.g. VO 2 max and neuroimaging technology), should be considered to explore the underlying mechanisms in this population.

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“…The positive effects have been detected immediately following completion of single bouts of exercise (Hillman et al, 2009) and after chronic training (Davis et al, 2011) in typically developed children. Several studies with children with ID followed similar design and found positive relationship between EF and acute exercise (Chen et al, 2015;Vogt et al, 2013), as well as after long term exercise (Ringenbach et al, 2016). However, Diamond (2015) criticized the approach of exercise interventions based on activities such as running on treadmill or stationary cycling and argued that it is necessary to include activities that improve physical fitness but, at the same time, engaging motor skills and EF, bring enjoyment and provide sense of social belonging.…”

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Background: Children with intellectual disabilities usually show impairments in executive functions. Most of the studies with children of typical development have shown positive influence of physical activity and exercise on executive functioning. Therefore, objective of the study was to examine relationship between physical activity and executive functions among children with mild and moderate intellectual disability, and to expand the body of knowledge on EF among children with ID. Methods: One hundred and four children (62 boys and 42 girls) with intellectual disability from 7 to 18 years of age took part in the study. There were 49 children with mild and 55 with moderate intellectual disability. For assessment of executive functions, the authors used Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF)-teacher version that was completed by 15 special education teachers of children participating in the study. Physical Activity in terms of light, moderate, vigorous and moderate to vigorous physical activity was assessed with GT3X Actigraph accelerometer during 7 consecutive days. Results: Moderate and moderate to vigorous physical activity are significant predictors of initiate, working memory and plan/organize scales and metacognition index. In addition, age contributed to shift and metacognition index, gender to working memory and organization of materials, while level of intellectual disability was significant predictor of all BRIEF scales. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between physical activity and executive functions for specific components of these two domains. Future research may focus on determining appropriate physical activity and exercise intervention that would influence development of executive functions among children with intellectual disability.

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The association between a single bout of moderate physical activity and executive function in young adults with Down syndrome: a preliminary study

Cited by 28 publications

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The effects of assisted cycling therapy (ACT) and voluntary cycling on reaction time and measures of executive function in adolescents with Down syndrome

The effects of assisted cycling therapy (ACT) and voluntary cycling on reaction time and measures of executive function in adolescents with Down syndrome

The effect of acute exercise on the performance of verbal fluency in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome: a pilot study

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