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Beneficial Effects of Exercise on the Brain and in Neurodegenerative Diseases

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurodegenerative Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2022) | Viewed by 4388

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Olivier Dupuy

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Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: acute and chronic exercise on cognitive function and cerebral oxygenation
Dr. Saïd Mekary

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Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Interests: physical activity; clinical care; family intervention

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the role of exercise on the brain during the ageing process has received considerable attention from the scientific community. This Special Issue of Brain Sciences aims to present a collection of innovative studies detailing the most recent advances in the field of exercise and neuroscience in healthy and pathological older people. Authors are invited to submit cutting-edge research and reviews addressing a wide range of topics related to exercise and the brain, including the epidemiology, the acute and chronic role of exercise on cognitive function, mechanisms by which exercise can alter brain function using new technologies (e.g., NIRS, MRI, Doppler, wearable sensors, AI), and the identification of biomarkers. In particular, we wish to present advances in exercise and neuroscience research that may have an important translational effect in the clinical field.

Dr. Olivier Dupuy
Dr. Saïd Mekary
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • exercise
  • brain
  • cognition
  • mechanism
  • neuroimaging
  • aging

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Systematic Review
Effects of Ten Different Exercise Interventions on Motor Function in Parkinson’s Disease Patients—A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
by Zikang Hao, Xiaodan Zhang and Ping Chen
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(6), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12060698 - 27 May 2022
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Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate ten exercise interventions (YOGA: yoga training, RT: resistance training, AQU: aquatic training, TAI: Taiji Qigong training, TRD: treadmill training, VR: virtual reality training, DANCE: musical dance training, WKT: walking training, CYC: cycling training, BDJ: [...] Read more.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate ten exercise interventions (YOGA: yoga training, RT: resistance training, AQU: aquatic training, TAI: Taiji Qigong training, TRD: treadmill training, VR: virtual reality training, DANCE: musical dance training, WKT: walking training, CYC: cycling training, BDJ: Baduanjin Qigong training) on motor function in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Design: Through searching PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and CNKI, only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were collected to study the effects of the ten exercise interventions on motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The included studies were evaluated for methodological quality by the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool. Results: The RCTs were collected between the earliest available date and April 2022. Sixty RCTs were included and the total sample size used in the study was 2859. The results of the network meta-analysis showed that DANCE can significantly improve patients’ Berg Balance Scale (BBS) (SUCRA = 78.4%); DANCE can significantly decline patients’ Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale score (UPDRS) (SUCRA = 72.3%) and YOGA can significantly decline patients’ Timed-Up-and-Go score (TUGT) (SUCRA = 78.0%). Conclusion: Based on the network meta-analysis and SUCRA ranking, we can state that dance, yoga, virtual reality training and resistance training offers better advantages than other exercise interventions for patients’ motor function. Full article
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