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    UCEP 2018; 5(4:200-202 leas Swimming Helps Elderly Population to Improve Mental Speed and Attention Sakharayapatna Vasegowda* cause ots ew impact on [ens and animal sk of nur. Provous suthes have proven Her een a ne cee ete os ADS pe oe ee tanaainet aeons gman emer parm Dr. Sakharayapatna Vasegowda* Assistant potesson Departmentof Physiology, SnSxddorthalnstiuteof Medical SienceandResearch Conte, Karmatake NDIA Conespondence DeVarsha SV Department of Physiology. $$ Intute of Medial Science and Foseareh Centre, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: 491 o4815 81629 Email: drvarshasv@igmall.com Histor * suomicson Date: 12102018, + Rawiow compete: 25.11.2018; 1 accepted Dao: 16122018 Dol: tassa0rieep201858.4.22 Copyraht © 2018 ProogNot Ths is an open scene atl dina under te tre ‘tthe Costve Commons Arbon 40 International Journal of Clinical and Kay words: Swimming, Aerobic exercise, Elderly, Cagnition, Neurogenasis INTRODUCTION Chronological aging or senescence, is associated with an inereased risk of chronie conditions and dis: eases such as cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Due to prolonged life expectancy, age-related diseases have increased in alarming proportions in recent decades. An in- creasing body of studies have suggested that lifestyle factors havea significant impact on how well people age. Thee lifestyle factors an playa significant role in slowing the rate of cognitive decline and prevent ‘ng dementia: a socially integrated network, cognl- tive leisure activity and regular physical activity." ‘Swimming isan ideal physical activity forthe elderly population because of its low impact on joints and ‘minimal risk of injury. Swimming is also a complete ‘workout, incorporating the entire body and ailing all muscles groups.” To the best of our knowledge, only one study was designated to explicily test the specific relationship between water aerobics and cognitive improvements ‘in older adults. In this study, Hawkins and collabo- rators examined the influence of a 10-weck program of basic swimming skills on variations of two expert ‘mental asks involving processing speed. They found that subjects who trained in water aerobics shoved significantly beter results than the contro group. But recently no studies have been done to study the effect of swimming on the age related cognitive de cline, So ths study was undertaken to study the ef fect of swimming on mental speed and attention of. clderly population who are at the verge of cognitive decline. Cite this artic Experimental Physiology Vol 5, sue 4 Oct Dec 2018 MATERIALS AND METHODS ‘Tests were administered to 100 subjects (elderly, male, aged >60 years). Among them 50 subjects who regularly swim at least 30 mia for 4 days aweek from past 1 yr were recruited. Only male subjects volun teered, so because of lack of subjects, female sub- jects were aot included in the study. Subjects with ‘untreated cataract, refractory errors and history of ‘medicalsurgical illness, Alcohol consumption and smoking were excluded from the stu. Then 50 el- derly non swimmers who were matched far age and gender with swimmers were recruited. And those ‘who perform other regular physical activity were also dropped from the study, Institutional ethical clearance was obtained ri to the study. Partiipants’ written informed consent ‘was obtained after explaining about the study proto- col and then subjects were asked to relax for 30min. “The participants were then tested lor two domains of «cognition = speed and atention using Digit symbol substitution test and Digit vigilance test respectively ina noise free surrounding Digit symbol substitution test: A sheet containing ‘numbers 1-9 randomly arranged in four ows of 25 squares each was provided tothe subject. The subject ‘was made to substitute each number with symbol us- ing a number-symbol key given on top of the page “The ime taken to complete the test formed the seore. Digit Symbol Substitution tests the visuomotor coor- «ination, motor persistence, sustained attention and response speed. Rapfd information processing Is re- uid in order to substitute the symbols accurately and quickly. Varsha SV. Swimming Helps Elderly Population to Improve Mental Speed and Attention. Int J Clin Exp Physiol. 2018;14):200-2. 200 wwwiijcep.org Varsha Swimming Helps Elderly Population to Improve Mental Speed and Attention Digit vigilance test: In this testa shect was provided which contained ‘numbers 1 to 9 randomly ordered and placed in rows. There were 30 digits per row and 50 sos on the sheet. The digits were closely ‘packed on the sheet. The subject had to focus onthe target digits 6 and 9 amongst other disracter digits and had to cancel the digits as fast as possible without missing the targets or canceling w7ong numbers, ne ability to sustain and focus attention levels leads to both increased time ‘to complete the test as wel as exzors. The time taken to complete the test formed the score The Descriptive statistics were used, Le. mean and Standard Deviae tion (SD) for describing the parameters. The data was analyzed us- ing student t-test fo compare between the groups, The difference was considered statistically significant when PEOOS. SPSS 110 wasted far analysis of data, RESULTS The two groups didnot differ significantly with respect to demographic characteristics. Results of present study show significant difference be toseen elderly swimmers and non swimmers in both the tess for. Where- sn nonswimmers had lower cognitive abity compared tothe swimmers. Elderly swimmers were able substitute number with symbols in less du ration (219.29419.6) than non swimmers (231.8215.4), which was sta Ustically significant (P value- 0.0401) which is epresented in Table In Digit vigilance test which was used to asess attention elderly swim mers performed better by completing the test in less duration of time (S13211.79) compared to nonswimmers (525412.81), represented in Table 2 DISCUSSION Cerebral and cognitive decline, as a function of aging, represents a pre dominant cause of autonomy loss in aging populations. ‘A meta-analysis by Colcombe and Kramer" showed thatthe effect size ofthe positive effets of chronic exercise Is significantly smaller on infor ‘mation processing speed than on executive functions. Several studies support the notion that physical activity i a significant moderator of age-related cognitive decline. In cross-sectional studies, age-related differences in cognitive performance observed when older adults are compared to younger participants are reduced if the compat sons involved higher fit individuals rather than sedentary older adults Ir! Asa whole, these cross-sectional studies suggest that cardio respira tory fitness is asociated with more ecient cognitive functions. le teristic of Age year) e761 7347 2554 Height em) 1692273 1672865 1658202 Body weight (Kg) 7412113 767265 751365 ‘BMI (Kyim2) 246820 27817 a2u18 ‘Table 2: Comparison of cognitive tests between elderly swimmers and Dsstisec) 219298196 81.84I5.4 ‘p01 DVT) SSELL79 52522810036 Note DSST ~ Digi bol Substitution Test Dig Vigilance Test Pralue <005 signiicant,* P yalue

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