Mastering the Relationship between the Body and the Brain? The Case of a Female Master Athlete.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1080/0361073X.2022.2109340

Kathia Saillant, Brittany Intzandt, Béatrice Bérubé, Safa Sanami, Claudine Gauthier, Louis Bherer

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Abstract

Background: Physical inactivity significantly increases risk of cardiovascular diseases, which are highly prevalent in aging. Conversely, higher levels of physical activity in aging have been associated with benefits for physical and cognitive health and is hypothesized to prevent and reduce development of cardiovascular risk factors. However, those older adults with the highest activity levels (i.e., Master Athletes [MA]) are relatively understudied, and even fewer studies involve female MA.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the physiological, physical, and cognitive profiles of an 83-year-old track-and-field MA runner to a sample of inactive age-matched females.

Results: Results revealed the MA had a high peak oxygen uptake and had superior performance on visuospatial memory tasks compared to her inactive counterparts. Cerebral blood flow was slightly elevated in the MA, but lower cerebrovascular reactivity was revealed compared to the other female included in the magnetic resonance imaging portion.

Conclusion: Our results suggest that high levels of physical activity have benefits on multiple aspects of an aging female's life and that more studies should include MA, as well as a spectrum of cardiorespiratory fitness to further understand the role of physical activity in female aging.

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掌握身体和大脑的关系?一位女运动健将的案例。

背景:缺乏身体活动会显著增加心血管疾病的风险，而心血管疾病在老年人中非常普遍。相反，老年人高水平的身体活动与身体和认知健康有关，并被认为可以预防和减少心血管风险因素的发展。然而，那些具有最高运动水平的老年人(即大师级运动员[MA])的研究相对较少，涉及女性MA的研究更少。目的:本研究的目的是比较一名83岁的田径田径运动员和一名年龄相匹配的不运动女性的生理、身体和认知特征。结果:结果显示，与不活动的对照组相比，MA具有较高的峰值摄氧量，在视觉空间记忆任务中表现优异。脑血流在MA中略有升高，但与磁共振成像部分的其他女性相比，脑血管反应性较低。结论:我们的研究结果表明，高水平的体育活动对老年女性生活的多个方面都有好处，更多的研究应该包括MA，以及心肺健康的频谱，以进一步了解体育活动在女性衰老中的作用。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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