Research in Sports Management and Movement Behavior

Comparison of Physical and Cognitive Stress Resulting from Dual Task Resistance-Cognitive Activity with Different Intensities on Fatigue, Balance and Cognitive Function of Elderly Women

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Authors

Azar Habibinejad 1
Hamid Rajabi 1
Farhad Ghadiri 1
Mehrdad Anbarian 2

1 Kharazmi University

2 Bu Ali Sina University

Abstract
One of the most important issues for the elderly is the issue of physical health and cognitive problems. The aim of this study was to compare the activity of dual resistance-cognitive task with different intensities on fatigue, balance and cognitive function of elderly women. The present study is an applied and quasi-experimental method with the presence of 20 elderly women aged 60 to 70 years, which was done as a one-session test and getting answers. Subjects performed exhausting tests of foot press with machine and shoulder press with dumbbell with combined cognitive load with two different intensities (70% 1RM with low cognitive load and 30% 1RM with high cognitive load) in two days with an interval of 48 hours and the results were recorded. Balance test, upper and lower torso muscle activity and Stroop test were measured. The results of fatigue time, cognitive test and balance were significantly different between the two intensities (p <0.05). But in relation to the middle spectrum of muscle frequency, no significant difference was observed between the two intensities (p> 0.05). Using low-intensity, high-cognitive exercise is more effective in treating upper body fatigue, which puts more pressure, which may need further investigation to evaluate the long-term success of these programs.

Keywords

Motor-Cognitive Activity
Aging
Fatigue
Balance
cognitive function
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