Exercise-induced neuroplasticity: Balance training increases cortical thickness in visual and vestibular cortical regions

Rogge, Ann-Kathrin; Röder, Brigitte; Zech, Astrid; Hötting, Kirsten

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.065

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“…GM decrements took place in many regions known to be receiving vestibular input and/or to be responsible for movement control, such as the cerebellum, the insula and the putamen. Decrements in various brain regions, including the putamen, were also reported by earlier studies [27,28]. Such an outcome could perhaps be well explained as an effect of multisensory interaction that also takes place during slackline training.…”

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Which Effects on Neuroanatomy and Path-Integration Survive? Results of a Randomized Controlled Study on Intensive Balance Training

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Balancing is a complex task requiring the integration of visual, somatosensory and vestibular inputs. The vestibular system is linked to the hippocampus, a brain structure crucial for spatial orientation. Here we tested the immediate and sustained effects of a one-month-long slackline training program on balancing and orientation abilities as well as on brain volumes in young adults without any prior experience in that skill. On the corrected level, we could not find any interaction effects for brain volumes, but the effect sizes were small to medium. A subsequent within-training-group analysis revealed volumetric increments within the somatosensory cortex and decrements within posterior insula, cerebellum and putamen remained stable over time. No significant interaction effects were observed on the clinical balance and the spatial orientation task two months after the training period (follow-up). We interpret these findings as a shift away from processes crucial for automatized motor output towards processes related to voluntarily controlled movements. The decrease in insular volume in the training group we propose to result from multisensory interaction of the vestibular with the visual and somatosensory systems. The discrepancy between sustained effects in the brain of the training group on the one hand and transient benefits in function on the other may indicate that for the latter to be retained a longer-term practice is required.

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Which Effects on Neuroanatomy and Path-Integration Survive? Results of a Randomized Controlled Study on Intensive Balance Training

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“…PE is a first-choice treatment in the management of CMP [9][10][11][12][13][14], and PE in particular has proven to be a useful tool in the treatment of CMP. Furthermore, certain modalities of PE promote neurogenesis, neuroplastic changes at the brain level [54][55][56][57][58][59], and descending inhibitory pain pathways activation [60,61]. Thus, a therapeutic approach based on the combination of PNE and PE can improve quality of life and disability, decreasing the pain intensity of patients with CMP and those suffering from chronic spinal pain (CSP).…”

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Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Therapeutic Exercise for Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain in Spanish Physiotherapy Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Galán-Martín

Montero-Cuadrado²,

Lluch-Girbés

et al. 2020

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Chronic musculoskeletal pain affects more than 20% of the population, leading to high health care overload and huge spending. The prevalence is increasing and negatively affects both physical and mental health, being one of the leading causes of disability. The most common location is the spine. Most treatments used in the Public Health Services are passive (pharmacological and invasive) and do not comply with current clinical guidelines, which recommend treating pain in primary care (PC) with education and exercise as the first-line treatments. A randomized multicentre clinical trial has been carried out in 12 PC centres. The experimental group (EG) conducted a program of pain neuroscience education (6 sessions, 10 h) and group physical exercise with playful, dual-tasking, and socialization-promoting components (18 sessions in 6 weeks, 18 h), and the control group performed the usual physiotherapy care performed in PC. The experimental treatment improved quality of life (d = 1.8 in physical component summary), catastrophism (d = 1.7), kinesiophobia (d = 1.8), central sensitization (d = 1.4), disability (d = 1.4), pain intensity (d = 3.3), and pressure pain thresholds (d = 2). Differences between the groups (p < 0.001) were clinically relevant in favour of the EG. Improvements post-intervention (week 11) were maintained at six months. The experimental treatment generates high levels of satisfaction.

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“…In this particular vein, exercises including motor and coordinative tasks may be especially promising since they involve a wide range of perceptual to higher level cognitive processes (Voelcker-Rehage & Niemann, 2013). This view is further substantiated by exciting new brain imaging findings revealing that learning a complex motor or balance task modulates brain regions supporting spatial orienting and memory, this way unfolding beneficial effects on related cognitive functions (Rogge, Röder, Zech, & Hötting, 2018). Importantly and critically, such interventions may take a certain amount of time in order to induce significant changes in brain and cognitive functions.…”

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Physical Exercise During the Morning School‐Break Improves Basic Cognitive Functions

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Scharf

Payer

et al. 2019

Mind Brain and Education

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Physical activity has not only been associated with increased physical and mental health, but also with beneficial effects on various cognitive and brain functions. This study investigated the effects of a motor and coordination oriented exercise intervention on academic achievements, attention/concentration ability, and on different facets of creative potential in a sample of school‐aged children between 11 and 14 years. The intervention was conducted during the morning school‐break over a time period of 4 weeks (5 units per week). The intervention was associated with beneficial effects on attention/concentration ability, basic arithmetic competence, and the fluency facet of creative potential. The finding that regular physical exercise during the morning break improves some basic academic and cognitive functions may motivate efforts to implement physical activity programs as promising and effective tools in the everyday school‐routine of the children to stimulate basic neurocognitive functions.

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Exercise-induced neuroplasticity: Balance training increases cortical thickness in visual and vestibular cortical regions

Cited by 88 publications

References 78 publications

Which Effects on Neuroanatomy and Path-Integration Survive? Results of a Randomized Controlled Study on Intensive Balance Training

Which Effects on Neuroanatomy and Path-Integration Survive? Results of a Randomized Controlled Study on Intensive Balance Training

Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Therapeutic Exercise for Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain in Spanish Physiotherapy Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Physical Exercise During the Morning School‐Break Improves Basic Cognitive Functions

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