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dc.contributor.author | Chrismas, BCR | - |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cherif, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sayegh, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bailey, DP | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-11T14:59:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-11T14:59:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019-07-12 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLOS ONE, 14 (7), pp. e0219565 - e0219565 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/20253 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Cultural, environmental and logistical factors promote a sedentary lifestyle within Qatar, particularly for females. Sedentary behaviour is acutely associated with poor cognitive function and fatigue, and chronically may be implicated with cognitive decline (i.e. Alzheimer’s disease). Purpose: To examine the effects of breaking up sitting with short-duration frequent walking bouts on cognitive function and fatigue in Qatari females. Method: Eleven sedentary (sitting �7 h/day) females completed three visits; the first being familiarisation. In a cross-over randomised manner, experimental visits two and three were identical, except participants either remained seated for 5-h (SIT) or interrupted their sitting every 30-min with a 3-min moderate-intensity walk (WALK) on a motorised treadmill. The Computerised Mental Performance Assessment System (COMPASS) assessed cognition at baseline (-15-min), and then at 2.5-h and 5-h into the experimental conditions. Specific COMPASS tasks employed were; serial-3 subtractions (2-min), serial-7 subtractions (2-min), simple reaction time (RT; 50 stimuli), rapid visual information processing [RVIP (5-min)], choice reaction time (CRT; 50 stimuli), and Stroop (60 stimuli); and a visual analogue scale for fatigue (VAS-F) was completed at the same time intervals. Results: There was a significant condition effect for CRT (f = 26.7, p = 0.007). On average CRT was 101 s (95% CI = -47 to -156 s) quicker in WALK compared to SIT. There was a significanttime effect for CRT (f = 15.5, p = 0.01). On average CRT was 134 s slower at 5-h compared to baseline (p = 0.006; 95% CI = -64 to -203 s), and 114 s slower at 5-h compared to 2.5-h (p = 0.01; 95% CI = -44 to -183 s). There was a significant interaction effect for RT in the Stroop incongruent task (f = 10.0, p = 0.03). On average RT was 210 s quicker at 2.5-h in WALK compared to SIT (p = 0.01; 95% CI = -76 to -346 s). Conclusion: Breaking up prolonged sitting with moderate-intensity walking offers an ecologically valid intervention to enhance some aspects of cognitive function, whilst not affecting fatigue in sedentary Qatari females. Whilst these findings are promising, the long-term effects of breaking up sitting on cognitive function requires testing before population level recommendations can be made. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | e0219565 - e0219565 | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Public LIbrary of Science | en_US |
dc.title | Breaking up prolonged sitting with moderate-intensity walking improves attention and executive function in Qatari females | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219565 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | PLOS ONE | - |
pubs.issue | 7 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | - |
pubs.volume | 14 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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