The influence of 8 weeks of aerobic, strength and mixed exercises on the performance of short-term memory of women
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic, strength and mixed exercise on short-term memory performance of women. It is a quasi-experimental study accomplished by a pre/post-test plan with three experimental groups and one control group. A total of 60 female volun...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Murcia |
| Repositorio: | DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digitum.um.es:10201/76664 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.391821 http://hdl.handle.net/10201/76664 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Women Aerobic exercise Mujeres Ejercicio aeróbico CDU::7 Bellas artes::79 - Diversiones. Espectáculos. Cine. Teatro. Danza. Juegos.Deportes |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic, strength and mixed exercise on short-term memory performance of women. It is a quasi-experimental study accomplished by a pre/post-test plan with three experimental groups and one control group. A total of 60 female volunteers were selected, randomly, allocated to four groups in-cluding: aerobic group, strength group, aerobic-strength group and control group. All the groups performed their training protocols. Measurement of short-term memory performance was done using memory span test in two steps pre and post of exercise sessions. Data was analyzed using dependent t-test and covariance test. Least significance difference (LSD) test was used to compare groups. The results suggest that 8 weeks of aerobic (p=0.001), strength (p=0.001) and strength-aerobic (0.029) exercise increases memory performance. The results of covariance test showed that 8 weeks of aerobic, strength and aerobic-strength exercise affect short-term memory of women differently. Also, the results of mean comparison test suggest that there is a significant difference between control, aerobic-strength and strength groups (p<0.05). Clinically speaking, these findings prove the importance of aerobic, strength, and aerobic-strength exercise in preserving and im-proving memory performance. |
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