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A study showed that high-intensity walking exercise that causes shortness of breath after the age of 40 can help prevent dementia.
Professor Jiwook Kim’s research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital announced on the 13th that they published these research results in the August issue of ‘Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy’, an international academic journal in the field of Alzheimer’s disease.
The research team investigated the relationship between walking activity and cognitive function in 188 elderly people aged 65 to 90. The minimum walking time recognized as a walking activity was defined as a total of 32 hours per year, or 40 minutes per week for 1 year, or 2 hours per week for 4 months in a specific season.
The research team divided into three groups: a ‘long-time’ group (50 people) who walked for more than 6 hours a week, a ‘short-time’ group (75 people) who walked less than 6 hours a week, and a ‘non-walker’ group (63 people) who did not meet the minimum walking activity level. The subjects were divided into groups.
Next, the research team divided the intensity of walking into ‘high-intensity’ (57 people), ‘low-intensity’ (68 people), and ‘non-walking’ (63 people) groups according to breathing, sweating, and ability to talk. This referenced the measurement method of the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
The results of the analysis showed that the cognitive function related to Alzheimer’s disease in the ‘walking’ activity group was higher than that in the ‘non-walking’ group, and overall cognitive ability was also excellent.
The group that did ‘high-intensity’ walking, which made them sweaty and out of breath, also had superior overall cognitive abilities, including cognitive functions related to Alzheimer’s disease, compared to the ‘non-walking’ group.
In addition, it was confirmed that the group that started walking in middle age (age 40 or older) had better overall cognitive ability, including cognitive function related to Alzheimer’s disease, than the group that started walking in middle age (age 65 or older).
Regarding the connection between walking and Alzheimer’s disease, Professor Jiwook Kim explained, “Currently, it appears that physical activity, including walking, regulates the level of amyloid beta, which causes Alzheimer’s disease, and promotes neuroplasticity to prevent deterioration of brain function.” did.
Professor Kim continued, “Because there is a lack of effective drugs for Alzheimer’s disease to date, prevention and treatment strategies that focus on lifestyle changes such as physical activity are needed.”
2023-09-15 02:22:27
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