Effect of Low and Moderate Acute Resistance Exercise on Cognitive Flexibility in the Older Adults above 60 Years Old

The purpose of study was to investigate the effect of acute resistance training with low to moderate intensity on cognitive flexibility in the older adults above 60 years old.

40 healthy older were randomly assigned into an experimental and control groups. The inhabitation control was assessed by the more-odd task, conducted in the three stages; before intervention, 15 and 180 minutes after intervention. Strength training for the experimental group were performed with low intensity (40% -10RM) and moderate (70% -10RM). Data were analyzed by 2 × 3 × 2 repeated measures ANOVA at a significant level of 0.05.

The results of the study showed that acute resistance training had a significant effect on the response time , response accuracy and shifting index of the more-odd task in the older adults (p 0.05), while the more-odd task conduct time after resistance training had a significant effect on the test results (p