A prospective study of physical activity and cognitive decline in elderly women: women who walk.

By Kristine Yaffe, D. Barnes, M. Nevitt, L. Lui, K. Covinsky. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2001

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Subfields: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Physical activity and older adults: a review of health benefits and the effectiveness of interventions (2004, background): “Yaffe et al. (2001) reported findings from a 6–8 year prospective study of nearly 6000 women over 65 years of age.”
Does physical activity prevent cognitive decline and dementia?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies (2014, methodology): “Included as part of the meta-analyses were 12 prospective studies (15 cohorts) published up until January 2010 [22-33].”
Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases (2015, background): “…need for more research applying standardized methods for measuring the level of physical activity in daily life (Ho et al., 2001; Laurin et al., 2001; Schuit et al., 2001; Yaffe et al., 2001; Verghese et al., 2006; Devore et al., 2009; Yaffe et al., 2009; Lytle et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2010).”
Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. (2007, background): “This additional evidence includes compelling new data on women (21,39,40), and more conclusive evidence on stroke (77), some cancers (69), and cognitive function (78, 83 ).”
Exercise and the brain: something to chew on (2009, background): “Physically fit aged individuals, identified by self-report of activity level, performed better on measures such as reasoning, working memory, vocabulary and reaction time than their sedentary counterparts [21].”
Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men. (2004, background): “Although this study did not enroll women, observations in women of an association between walking and changes in cognitive function over time suggest that the relationship between walking and dementia may apply to them as well.(2) Promoting active lifestyles may have important effects on late-life c”