{"id":541,"date":"2008-09-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morten.me\/?p=541"},"modified":"2015-10-17T08:44:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T06:44:29","slug":"exercise-may-help-improve-memory-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/morten.me\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"Exercise May Help Improve Memory Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adults with memory problems who participated in a home-based physical activity program experienced a modest improvement in cognitive function, compared to those who did not participate in the program, according to a study in the September 3 issue of JAMA.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola T. Lautenschlager from University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week would reduce the rate of cognitive decline among 138 adults age 50 years and older at increased risk of dementia. The most frequently recommended type of activity was walking.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that participants in the exercise group had better scores on an Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale than those in the control group. Participants in the physical activity group also had lower Clinical Dementia Rating scores.<\/p>\n<p>This trial is the first to demonstrate that exercise improves cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adults with memory problems who participated in a home-based physical activity program experienced a modest improvement in cognitive function, compared to those who did not participate in the program, according to a study in the September 3 issue of JAMA. Nicola T. Lautenschlager from University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}