Establishment of alternative exercise methods for maintaining or improving cognitive function

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16535
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Miyamoto Toshiaki 兵庫医療大学, リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (30709340)
• Research Collaborator: Moritani Toshio 京都大学, 名誉教授 (90175638) ; Iwakura Toshio 神戸市立医療センター中央市民病院, 糖尿病内分泌内科, 医長 ; Matsuoka Naoki 神戸市立医療センター中央市民病院, 糖尿病内分泌内科, 部長 ; Iwamoto Masako 神戸市立医療センター中央市民病院, 栄養管理部, 主査 ; Takenaka Mariko 神戸市立医療センター中央市民病院, 栄養管理部, 管理栄養士 ; Fujioka Hiroyuki 兵庫医療大学, リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (10252777) ; Takeda Chisako 兵庫医療大学, 看護学部, 教授 (10148273) ; Kashiwamura Shin-ichiro 兵庫医療大学, 共通教育センター, 教授 (00185761)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 神経筋電気刺激 / 脳由来神経栄養因子 / 運動 / 認知機能 / 二重課題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation, combining cognitive and physical exercise, and low-resistance and high-velocity ergometry exercise to brain-derived neurotrophic factor to establish new exercise methods for maintaining or improving cognitive function. This study showed that brain-derived neurotrophic factor significantly increased during neuromuscular electrical stimulation or low-resistance and high-velocity ergometry exercise, and that there was no synergistic response of brain-derived neurotrophic factor to combining cognitive and physical exercise. This study suggested that neuromuscular electrical stimulation or low-resistance and high-velocity ergometry exercise may have potential to be alternative exercise methods since brain-derived neurotrophic factor is potential mediators responsible for the beneficial effects of physical exercise on cognitive function.

Free Research Field

運動生理学