Cognitive effects of dance-movement intervention in a mixed group of seniors are not dependent on hippocampal atrophy

Kropáčová, Sylvie; Mitterová, Kristína; Klobušiaková, Patrícia; Brabenec, Luboš; Anderková, Ľubomíra; Nemcova-Elfmarkova, Nela; Balážová, Zuzana; Rektor, Ivan; Grmela, Roman; Svobodová, Lenka; Vaculíková, Pavlína; Rektorová, Irena

doi:10.1007/s00702-019-02068-y

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“…All relevant baseline measurements and their changes are depicted in Table 1. As reported in our previous works 10,11 , changes in the FTP, 8-Foot Up-and-Go, and 30-Second Chair Stand test scores signi cantly differed between the DI and the LAU groups. Similarly, the change in the rs-FC of DAN-aDMN signi cantly differed between both groups.…”

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“…Similarly, the change in the rs-FC of DAN-aDMN signi cantly differed between both groups. For baseline and follow-up comparisons of cognitive tests that were not included in the present text, see Kropacova and colleagues 11 ; no signi cant baseline differences were found. rs-FC change in DAN-aDMN [r = .19, p = .056, 95%CI (-.05, .43)] did not reach the expected Šidák-Dunn value of α = .017.…”

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“…The bene ts of dance intervention stem from the recruitment of higher-order cognitive functions that require enhanced engagement and coordination of large-scale brain networks 35 . This study followed up on our previous ndings showing that DI elicits distinct motor 10 and cognitive improvements 11 ; it focused on the moderating effects of CR proxied by education on the DI-induced rs-FC changes involving the large-scale brain networks, namely the SMN and the DAN-aDMN.…”

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“…Our previous research of an optimized, structured six-month-long dance intervention (DI) on nondemented seniors demonstrated its positive effects in comparison with "life activities as usual" (LAU) on the performance of the 8-Foot Up-and-Go (8UG) and the 30-Second Chair Stand (30CS) tests 10 which target dynamic balance, agility, lower body strength, and physical endurance 8 ; and of the Five Point Test (FPT) 11,12 , which assesses gural uency, i.e. the ability of executive functions to provide information about divergent reasoning, divided attention, planning, and mental exibility 13 .…”

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“…the ability of executive functions to provide information about divergent reasoning, divided attention, planning, and mental exibility 13 . Interestingly, despite the fact that gural uency is known to decline in the healthy elderly and particularly in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) 14 , the observed improvements were independent of hippocampal volumes 11 . This nding indicates an individual capacity to recruit additional neural resources in order to meet the demands of the intervention.…”

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Impact of cognitive reserve on dance intervention-induced changes in brain plasticity

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Dance is a complex sensorimotor activity with positive effects on physical fitness, cognition, and brain plasticity in the aging population. We explored whether individual levels of cognitive reserve (CR) proxied by education moderate dance intervention (DI)-induced plasticity assessed by resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) changes of the sensorimotor network (SMN), and between the dorsal attention network (DAN) and anterior default mode network (aDMN). Our cohort consisted of 99 subjects, randomly assigned to either a DI group who underwent a 6-month intervention (n = 49, Mage = 69.02 ± 5.40) or a control group (n = 50, Mage = 69.37 ± 6.10). Moderation analyses revealed that CR moderated DI-induced increases of the SMN rs-FC with significant changes observed in participants with ≥ 13 years of education (b = .05, t(64) = 3.20, p < .001). Only DI alone was a significant predictor of the DAN-aDMN crosstalk change (b = .06, t(64) = 2.16, p = .03). The rs-FC increases in the SMN were correlated with an improved physical fitness measure, and changes in the DAN-aDMN connectivity were linked to better performance on a cognitive task. Consistent with the passive CR hypothesis, we observed that CR correlated only with baseline behavioral scores, not their change.

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