Effects of physical exercise on the episodic memory in healthy elderly chileans

• Autores: López, Norma, Véliz, Alex, Allegri, Ricardo, Soto-Añari, Marcio, Chesta, Sergio, Coronado, Juan Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Liberabit
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs3.revistaliberabit.com:article/288
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.revistaliberabit.com/index.php/Liberabit/article/view/288
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Ejercicio físico; ancianidad; memoria episódica; sedentarismo

Our objective was to analyze the effect of a regular physical activity program on the verbal and visuospatial episodic memory on mentally healthy elderly Chileans. Participated 74 elderly women without cognitive impairment – divided into an intervention group = 34 elderly women, who carried out physical activity for six months; and a control group = 40 sedentary women. We used the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), and the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) for the evaluation of the episodic memory. Analysis were performed inter- and intra-group with t student and d of Cohen to measure the effect size of t-tests. The results showed statistically significant differences in the post-test between the Intervention Group (IG) and Control Group (CG); noticing better yields in the verbal and visual episodic memory of the IG with a large size effect. It is concluded that regular physical activity increases the processing capacity, retention, and evocation of the verbal and visual episodic information in healthy elderly women.