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| Title |
A Life-Long Approach to Physical Activity for Brain Health
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00147 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Helen Macpherson, Wei-P. Teo, Luke A. Schneider, Ashleigh E. Smith |
| Abstract |
It is well established that engaging in lifelong Physical activity (PA) can help delay the onset of many chronic lifestyle related and non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. Additionally, growing evidence also documents the importance of PA for brain health, with numerous studies indicating regular engagement in physical activities may be protective against cognitive decline and dementia in late life. Indeed, the link between PA and brain health may be different at each stage of life from childhood, mid-life and late life. Building on this emerging body of multidisciplinary research, this review aims to summarize the current body of evidence linking regular PA and brain health across the lifespan. Specifically, we will focus on the relationship between PA and brain health at three distinct stages of life: childhood and adolescence, mid-life, late life in cognitively healthy adults and later life in adults living with age-related neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 60 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 12% |
| Canada | 5 | 8% |
| Ireland | 4 | 7% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Andorra | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 20 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 52% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 14 | 23% |
| Scientists | 13 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 233 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 233 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 41 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 10% |
| Researcher | 19 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 13% |
| Unknown | 75 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 26 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 24 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 33 | 14% |
| Unknown | 86 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2020.
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