scholarly journals Prospective associations of physical fitness and cognitive performance among inpatients with Schizophrenia

2018 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 738-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Jung Chen ◽  
Julie Christina Hao ◽  
Po-Wen Ku ◽  
Brendon Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance

Enhancing Human Cognitive Capital by Harnessing the Brain’s Inherent Neuroplasticity

2019 ◽  
pp. 260-286
Author(s):  
Sandra B. Chapman ◽  
Lori G. Cook ◽  
Asha K. Vas ◽  
Ian H. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Educational Preparation ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Stressful Environments ◽  
Moderate Stress ◽  
Great Complexity

This chapter addresses the capability to enhance human cognitive performance (i.e., cognitive capital) through training, with the down-range goal of improving functionality in contexts of great complexity, including military/political operations, corporate directions, and educational preparation. It highlights a multidimensional framework to measure gains in cognitive capital on brain, cognitive, psychological, life-functionality, and emotional-cognition factors. To illustrate the potential to harness neuroplasticity, the chapter summarizes evidence showing improved agility and focus from a specific cognitive training that targets strategic thinking (e.g., filter/focus, big picture thinking, innovation). This chapter also adds to the notion of increasing peak performance utilizing moderate stress levels to boost responses. Optimizing performance in continually changing and stressful environments relies on strengthening human cognitive capital in the healthy brain across the life span—similar to that achieved for physical fitness.

scholarly journals Effect of a Multiple-Micronutrient-Fortified Fruit Powder Beverage on the Nutrition Status, Physical Fitness, and Cognitive Performance of Schoolchildren in the Philippines

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (4_suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S129-S140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florentino S. Solon ◽  
Jesus N. Sarol ◽  
Allan B. I. Bernardo ◽  
Juan Antonio A. Solon ◽  
Haile Mehansho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Iron Status ◽  
Urinary Iodine ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
Urinary Iodine Excretion ◽  
Iodine Status ◽  
Multiple Micronutrient ◽  
Fortified Beverage

This study aimed to determine the effect of a multiple-micronutrient-fortified beverage on the micronutrient status, physical fitness, and cognitive performance of schoolchildren. The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of schoolchildren assigned to receive either the fortified or nonfortified beverage with or without anthelmintic therapy. Data on hemoglobin level, urinary iodine excretion (UIE) level, physical fitness, and cognitive performance were collected at baseline and at 16 weeks post-intervention. The fortified beverage significantly improved iron status among the subjects that had hemoglobin levels < 11 g/dl at baseline. The proportion of children who remained moderately to severely anemic was significantly lower among those given the fortified beverage. In the groups that received the fortified product, the median UIE level increased, whereas among those who received the placebo beverage, the median UIE level was reduced significantly. Iron- and/or iodine-deficient subjects who received the fortified beverage showed significant improvements in fitness (post-exercise reduction of heart rate) and cognitive performance (nonverbal mental ability score). The study showed that consumption of a multiple-micronutrient-fortified beverage for 16 weeks had significant effects on iron status, iodine status, physical fitness, and cognitive performance among iron- and/or iodine-deficient Filipino schoolchildren. Anthelmintic therapy improved iron status of anemic children and iodine status of the iron-adequate children at baseline but it had no effect on physical fitness and cognitive performance. The results from the clinical study showed that a multiple-micronutrient-fortified beverage could play an important role in preventing and controlling micronutrient deficiencies.

Association between physical fitness and cognitive performance in 19-24 year old males

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samad Esmailzadeh ◽  
Esther Hartman ◽  
Reza Farzizadeh ◽  
Liane B. Azevedo ◽  
Hassan-Ali Kalantari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance

scholarly journals 154 Born too Small or too Early - The Effect of Physical Fitness in Young Adulthood on Cognitive Performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A44-A44
Author(s):  
J. Svedenkrans ◽  
E. Henckel ◽  
J. Kowalski ◽  
K. Bohlin ◽  
M. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Young Adulthood

scholarly journals Physical Fitness Plays a Crucial Mediator Role in Relationships Among Personal, Social, and Lifestyle Factors With Adolescents' Cognitive Performance in a Structural Equation Model. The Cogni-Action Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanilson Lemes ◽  
Anelise R. Gaya ◽  
Kabir P. Sadarangani ◽  
Nicolas Aguilar-Farias ◽  
Fernando Rodriguez-Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Fitness Components ◽  
Mediator Role

Background: The beneficial relationship between physical fitness and cognitive performance is affected and modulated by a wide diversity of factors that seem to be more sensitive during the development stage, particularly during early adolescence. This study aimed to examine the role of physical fitness considering the multivariate association between age, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), school vulnerability index (SVI), body mass index z-score (BMIz), physical activity, and sleep problems with the cognitive performance in boys and girls.Method: Participants were 1,196 adolescents aged 10–14 years (50.7% of boys) from Chile. Three physical fitness components and eight cognitive tasks were measured. BMIz was determined using growth references by age and sex, whereas questionaries were used to assess sleep problems, physical activity, and HRQOL. SVI was established according to the score given by the Chilean Government to educational establishments. We performed a structural equation model (SEM) to test multivariate associations among study' variables by sex.Results: Fitness was positively associated with boys' and girls' cognitive performance (β = 0.23 and β = 0.17; p = 0.001, respectively). Moreover, fitness presented a significant mediator role in the relationships between BMIz, SVI, and physical activity with cognitive performance (indirect effect). Additionally, SVI showed a negative association both direct and indirect effect in all three fitness components and all cognitive tasks, being this relationship stronger in girls than in boys.Conclusion: Our findings suggest that physical fitness and all its components play a crucial mediator role in the associations between several factors associated with adolescents' cognitive performance. Thereby, educational and health strategies should prioritise improving physical fitness through physical activity. They also should address other factors such as school vulnerability, obesity, and the early gender gap in a comprehensive approach boosting cognitive performance among early adolescents.Trial registration: Research Registry (ID: researchregistry5791).

scholarly journals Cognitive performance and physical fitness in the health of brazilian elderly women

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Patriciá Freitas Soares Chariglione ◽  
Henrique Salmazo Da Silva ◽  
Amanda Alves Da silva ◽  
Angela Maria Sacramento
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Elderly Women

COMT gene polymorphisms, cognitive performance, and physical fitness in older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Voelcker-Rehage ◽  
Albert Jeltsch ◽  
Ben Godde ◽  
Sandra Becker ◽  
Ursula M. Staudinger
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Gene Polymorphisms ◽  
Comt Gene

scholarly journals MoCA vs. MMSE of Fibromyalgia Patients: The Possible Role of Dual-Task Tests in Detecting Cognitive Impairment

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Alvaro Murillo-Garcia ◽  
Juan Luis Leon-Llamas ◽  
Santos Villafaina ◽  
Paloma Rohlfs-Dominguez ◽  
Narcis Gusi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Dual Task ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Physical Fitness Test

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that is characterized by widespread pain; fatigue; stiffness; reduced physical fitness; sleep disturbances; psychological symptoms, such as anxiety and depression; and deficits in cognitive functions, such as attention, executive function, and verbal memory deficits. It is important to analyze the potentially different performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test in patients with fibromyalgia as well as examine the relationship of that performance with physical and cognitive performance. A total of 36 women with fibromyalgia participated in the study. Participants completed the MoCA test, the MMSE, and the TUG physical fitness test under dual-task conditions. The results obtained on cognitive tests were 28.19 (1.74) on the MMSE and 25.17 (2.79) on the MoCA. The participants’ performance on cognitive tests was significantly related to the results of the TUG dual-task test. In this way, cognitive performance on a dual-task test can be used to support the diagnosis of cognitive impairment in patients with fibromyalgia. The MoCA test may be a more sensitive cognitive screening tool than the MMSE for patients with fibromyalgia.

scholarly journals Mediation Role of Physical Fitness and Its Components on the Association Between Distribution-Related Fat Indicators and Adolescents’ Cognitive Performance: Exploring the Influence of School Vulnerability. The Cogni-Action Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Hernández-Jaña ◽  
Javier Sanchez-Martinez ◽  
Patricio Solis-Urra ◽  
Irene Esteban-Cornejo ◽  
Jose Castro-Piñero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Fat Distribution ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Central Adiposity ◽  
Fitness Score

Background: Physical fitness and fatness converge simultaneously modulating cognitive skills, which in turn, are associated with children and adolescents’ socioeconomic background. However, both fitness components and fat mass localization are crucial for understanding its implication at the cognitive level.Objective: This study aimed to determine the mediation role of a global physical fitness score and its components on the association between different fatness indicators related to fat distribution and adolescents’ cognitive performance, and simultaneously explore the influence of school vulnerability.Methods: In this study, 1,196 Chilean adolescents participated (aged 10–14; 50.7% boys). Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness (MF), and speed-agility fitness (SAF) were evaluated, and a global fitness score (GFS) was computed adjusted for age and sex (CRF + MF + SAF z-scores). Body mass index z-score (BMIz), sum-of-4-skinfolds (4SKF), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were used as non-specific, peripheral, and central adiposity indicators, respectively. A global cognitive score was computed based on eight tasks, and the school vulnerability index (SVI) was registered as high, mid or low. A total of 24 mediation analyses were performed according to two models, adjusted for sex and peak high velocity (Model 1), and adding the school vulnerability index (SVI) in Model 2. The significance level was set at p &lt; 0.05.Results: The fitness mediation role was different concerning the fatness indicators related to fat distribution analyzed. Even after controlling for SVI, CRF (22%), and SAF (29%), but not MF, mediated the association between BMIz and cognitive performance. Likewise, CRF, SAF and GFS, but not MF, mediated the association between WHtR and cognitive performance (38.6%, 31.9%, and 54.8%, respectively). No mediations were observed for 4SKF.Conclusion: The negative association between fatness and cognitive performance is mitigated by the level of adolescents’ physical fitness, mainly CRF and SAF. This mediation role seems to be more consistent with a central fat indicator even in the presence of school vulnerability. Strategies promoting physical fitness would reduce the cognitive gap in children and adolescents related to obesity and school vulnerability.

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