Older people who exercise regularly are better at overcoming cognitive and physical decline caused by mental fatigue
Apr 04, 2025
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This is the result of a research team from the University of Birmingham in the UK and the University of Extremadura in Spain published in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity.
The research team said the purpose of the study is to evaluate the extent to which cognitive and physical abilities of the elderly vary with age and habitual physical activity.
To this end, two experiments were conducted on the elderly (65-79 years old) and the elderly (52-64 years old) to evaluate how much cognitive and physical performance ability varies depending on age and physical activity in tired and non-fatigued states.
In the first experiment, cognitive and physical ability tests were conducted on a group of men aged 65 to 79 years old and a group aged 52 to 64 years old, and the 65 to 79 year old group performed worse, and cognitive and physical ability decreased more when they were mentally tired.
In the second experiment, retired men and women aged 66 to 72 were tested for cognitive and physical abilities in the regular exercise group and the sedentary group while tired and rested, and the regular exercise group's performance was significantly higher.
The research team confirmed that regular physical activity has various benefits, such as improving cognitive ability, improving exercise ability, and improving mental fatigue resilience, and explained that the results show that older people who exercise habitually are better at overcoming the effects of mental fatigue. It also suggested that older people will be able to perform better in difficult situations if they prepare to improve their level of regular physical activity, prepare for mental fatigue situations through warmups that combine cognitive work and physical activity, and improve mental fatigue resilience through Brain Endurance Training.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
