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ROCHESTER,
Minn -- December 27, 2017 -- A new guideline for medical practitioners
says they should recommend twice-weekly exercise to people with mild
cognitive impairment (MCI) to improve memory and thinking.
The recommendation is part of an updated guideline for MCI published in the December 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology.
“Regular physical exercise has long been shown to have heart health benefits, and now we can say exercise also may help improve memory for people with mild cognitive impairment,” said lead author Ronald Petersen, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. “What’s good for your heart can be good for your brain.”
The academy’s guideline authors developed the updated recommendations on MCI after reviewing all available studies. Six-month studies showed twice-weekly workouts may help people with mild cognitive impairment as part of an overall approach to managing their symptoms.
Dr. Petersen encourages people to do aerobic exercise, which includes walking briskly or jogging for 150 minutes a week. The level of exertion should be enough to work up a bit of a sweat but doesn’t need to be so rigorous that you can’t hold a conversation.
“Exercising might slow down the rate at which you would progress from mild cognitive impairment to dementia,” said Dr. Petersen.
Another guideline update says clinicians may recommend cognitive training for people with MCI. Cognitive training uses repetitive memory and reasoning exercises that may be computer-assisted or done in person individually or in small groups. There is weak evidence that cognitive training may improve measures of cognitive function, the guideline notes.
The guideline did not recommend dietary changes or medications.
“We need not look at aging as a passive process; we can do something about the course of our aging,” said Dr. Petersen. “So if I’m destined to become cognitively impaired at age 72, I can exercise and push that back to 75 or 78. That’s a big deal.”
The guideline, endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Association, updates a 2001 academy recommendation on MCI.
Reference: http://n.neurology.org/lookup/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004826
SOURCE: Mayo Clinic
The recommendation is part of an updated guideline for MCI published in the December 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology.
“Regular physical exercise has long been shown to have heart health benefits, and now we can say exercise also may help improve memory for people with mild cognitive impairment,” said lead author Ronald Petersen, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. “What’s good for your heart can be good for your brain.”
The academy’s guideline authors developed the updated recommendations on MCI after reviewing all available studies. Six-month studies showed twice-weekly workouts may help people with mild cognitive impairment as part of an overall approach to managing their symptoms.
Dr. Petersen encourages people to do aerobic exercise, which includes walking briskly or jogging for 150 minutes a week. The level of exertion should be enough to work up a bit of a sweat but doesn’t need to be so rigorous that you can’t hold a conversation.
“Exercising might slow down the rate at which you would progress from mild cognitive impairment to dementia,” said Dr. Petersen.
Another guideline update says clinicians may recommend cognitive training for people with MCI. Cognitive training uses repetitive memory and reasoning exercises that may be computer-assisted or done in person individually or in small groups. There is weak evidence that cognitive training may improve measures of cognitive function, the guideline notes.
The guideline did not recommend dietary changes or medications.
“We need not look at aging as a passive process; we can do something about the course of our aging,” said Dr. Petersen. “So if I’m destined to become cognitively impaired at age 72, I can exercise and push that back to 75 or 78. That’s a big deal.”
The guideline, endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Association, updates a 2001 academy recommendation on MCI.
Reference: http://n.neurology.org/lookup/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004826
SOURCE: Mayo Clinic
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