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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Controlled Trial
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of aerobic exercise on cognition and other biomarkers associated with Alzheimer disease pathology for older adults with mild cognitive impairment, and assess the role of sex as a predictor of response. DESIGN: Six-month, randomized, controlled, clinical trial. SETTING: Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System clinical research unit. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-three adults (17 women) with amnestic mild cognitive impairment ranging in age from 55 to 85 years (mean age, 70 years). Intervention Participants were randomized either to a high-intensity aerobic exercise or stretching control group. The aerobic group exercised under the supervision of a fitness trainer at 75% to 85% of heart rate reserve for 45 to 60 min/d, 4 d/wk for 6 months. The control group carried out supervised stretching activities according to the same schedule but maintained their heart rate at or below 50% of their heart rate reserve. Before and after the study, glucometabolic and treadmill tests were performed and fat distribution was assessed using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. At baseline, month 3, and month 6, blood was collected for assay and cognitive tests were administered. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Performance measures on Symbol-Digit Modalities, Verbal Fluency, Stroop, Trails B, Task Switching, Story Recall, and List Learning. Fasting plasma levels of insulin, cortisol, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulinlike growth factor-I, and beta-amyloids 40 and 42. RESULTS: Six months of high-intensity aerobic exercise had sex-specific effects on cognition, glucose metabolism, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and trophic activity despite comparable gains in cardiorespiratory fitness and body fat reduction. For women, aerobic exercise improved performance on multiple tests of executive function, increased glucose disposal during the metabolic clamp, and reduced fasting plasma levels of insulin, cortisol, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. For men, aerobic exercise increased plasma levels of insulinlike growth factor I and had a favorable effect only on Trails B performance. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides support, using rigorous controlled methodology, for a potent nonpharmacologic intervention that improves executive control processes for older women at high risk of cognitive decline. Moreover, our results suggest that a sex bias in cognitive response may relate to sex-based differences in glucometabolic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to aerobic exercise.
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“One study evaluated the effect of a moderate-intensity exercise program in patients with mild cognitive impairment (Baker et al., 2010), but it is not known whether a similar program is feasible in patients with AD.”
BackgroundLimited Health Literacy and Decline in Executive Function in Older Adults
Sequeira, S., Eggermont, L. H. P., Silliman, R. A., Bickmore, T., Henault, L. E., Winter, M. R., Nelson, K. P., & Paasche‐Orlow, M. K. (2013) · Journal of Health Communication · doi:10.1080/10810730.2013.825673 · Cited by 34
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“Several trials reporting a relationship between improved physical activity and slower cognitive decline broke randomization or reported positive results for a post-priori subgroup [8, 44].”
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“Baker (2010) [11] RCT: Aerobic exercise (n = 19) vs.”
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“Several studies that examined the effect of exercise interventions in aMCI [32–37] demonstrated improvement in cognitive performance.”
Besser, L. M., Chang, L., Hirsch, J. A., Rodrı́guez, D. A., Renne, J. L., Rapp, S. R., Fitzpatrick, A. L., Heckbert, S. R., Kaufman, J. D., & Hughes, T. M. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18157973 · Cited by 31
“Despite finding that PA was not a mediator, other studies found that it was associated with processing speed and mediated BE-cognition associations [22,41].”
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Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise Testing in Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease
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“Recently, Baker et al. [48] examined the effects of aerobic exercise on aMCI, and found that six months of high-intensity (75–85% of heart rate reserve) exercise intervention had sex-specific effects on cognition.”
InfluentialDisease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease: Clinical trial progress and opportunity
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“The effect of physical activity level in older adults on selective cognitive functions, especially executive-control processes, was confirmed also in longitudinal (Baker et al., 2010; Lindwall et al., 2012) and meta-analytical studies (Bherer, Erickson, & Liu-Ambrose, 2013; Colcombe & Kramer, 2003), although these res…”
BackgroundMcDuff, J., & Phinney, A. (2015) · Global Qualitative Nursing Research · doi:10.1177/2333393615605116 · Cited by 30
“More recent research suggests that this may also hold true for those with neurocognitive deficits who are at increased risk for developing dementia (Baker et al., 2010; Lautenschlager et al., 2008; Nagamatsu, Handy, Hsu, Voss, & Liu-Ambrose, 2012).”
BackgroundWitlox, L., Schagen, S. B., de Ruiter, M. B., Geerlings, M. I., Peeters, P. H. M., Koevoets, E. W., van der Wall, E., Stuiver, M. M., Sonke, G. S., Velthuis, M. J., et al. (2019) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028117 · Cited by 31
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“Because some evidence exists indicating that women may achieve greater cognitive benefits from PE than men[14], thegeneralizabilityofourresultsmaybecompromised.”
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“[116] Baker LD, Frank LL, Foster-Schubert K, Green PS, Wilkinson CW, McTiernan A, et al.”
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“These findings provide a strong mechanistic rationale for implementing exercise early in disease trajectories or preventively in at-risk populations, potentially delaying pathological progression and symptom onset.”
Changing Perspectives on Alzheimer's Disease: Thinking Outside the Amyloid Box
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“DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Authors’ disclosures available”
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“The exercise intensity was also studied and demonstrated a positive correlation with extraneous physical activity and increased blood flow to the brain, improving executive function, increasing brain size, and decreasing the risk of neurocognitive decline [1,17].”
BackgroundPrvulovic, D., & Hampel, H. (2011) · Progress in neurobiology · doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.11.009 · Cited by 37
“), interventional application of aerobic physical activity has been suggested to modestly modulate cognitive impairments in MCI subjects and may thus represent a promising secondary prevention strategy (Baker et al., 2010).”
BackgroundCognitive response to estradiol in postmenopausal women is modified by high cortisol
Baker, L. D., Asthana, S., Cholerton, B., Wilkinson, C. W., Plymate, S. R., Green, P. S., Merriam, G. R., Fishel, M. A., Watson, G. S., Cherrier, M. M., et al. (2011) · Neurobiology of Aging · doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.07.002 · Cited by 28
Self-citationDoes physical activity influence semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment?
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“…neuropsychological test performance in healthy older adults (Lautenschlager et al., 2008), improves semantic memory retrieval in aMCI patients (Baker et al., 2010), and is associated with greater semantic memory-related brain activation in healthy older adults, particularly in those carrying…”
BackgroundInfluentialEffect of physical exercise on brain and lipid metabolism in mouse models of multiple sclerosis
Houdebine, L., Gallelli, C. A., Rastelli, M., Sampathkumar, N. K., & Grenier, J. (2017) · Chemistry and Physics of Lipids · doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2017.06.002 · Cited by 29
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“Some of the unique aspects of the VC Health program are the addition of cognitive training exercises [58-60], specific dietary recommendations for following the MIND diet [27,28,61,62], and validated physical activity recommendations specific for enhancing cognitive function [63-65].”
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“However, the response of BDNF to exercise might differ between genders [39], and circulating BDNF levels might be greater after aerobic exercise, rather than muscle strengthening, in men [40].”
BackgroundDevelopment and Delivery of a Physical Activity Intervention for People With Huntington Disease
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“The workbook is structured into 5 distinct sections: (1) Exercise-Who Me?; (2) HD Experiences in Increasing Physical Activity; (3) Goals; (4) My Physical Activity Plan; and (5) Recording Progress.”
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“[26] analyzed cortisol using a one time-point measurement (ranging from 8:00 to 10:00), without controlling for time of awakening, which again might not be the most accurate measure.”
BackgroundMethod
Metadata
- Authors
- Baker, L. D., Frank, L. L., Foster-Schubert, K., Green, P. S., Wilkinson, C. W., McTiernan, A., Plymate, S. R., Fishel, M. A., Watson, G. S., Cholerton, B. A., Duncan, G. E., Mehta, P. D., & Craft, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington State University Spokane (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Archives of Neurology
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 71-9
- ISSN
- 0003-9942 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3056436
- OpenAlex
- W2005355670
- Cited by
- 1,171
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 56 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 75 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 70 · 2017: 96 · 2016: 70 · 2015: 80 · 2014: 75 · 2013: 89 · 2012: 70
- FWCI
- 53.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Archives of Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Alzheimer's Association
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000423, 5kl2rr025015-02)
- National Center for Research Resources (KL2-RR025015)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Keywords
- aerobic exercise, mild cognitive impairment, amnestic mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, sex differences, executive function, glucose metabolism, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, cortisol, insulin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin-like growth factor I, amyloid-beta, older adults, non-pharmacological treatment, cognitive decline
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Cognition Disorders, Energy Metabolism, Exercise Test, Exercise Therapy, Female, Glucose, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Physical Fitness, Exercise, Absorptiometry, Photon, Treatment Outcome, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Exercise Tolerance, Body Fat Distribution
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