Exercise as medicine for the brain: moving towards precise and personalised recommendations.
Solis-Urra P, et al. Br J Sports Med Month 2024 Vol 0 No 0
Exercise promotes brain health. Human and animal studies have demonstrated acute and chronic effects of exercise on brain and cognitive function.1–3 Exercise is not a magic bullet solution to every brain and health condition, but it is one of the most promising and scalable approaches to improve and maintain brain health
Solis-Urra P, et al. Br J Sports Med Month 2024 Vol 0 No 0
throughout the lifespan. The purpose of this editorial is to highlight research needs in the field of exercise neuroscience with the aim to clarify the individual variability in response to exercise and to improve precision in using exercise as medicine for brain health
The article identifies areas of research that is needed for Exercise prescription for Brain Health.
A blanket approach to exercise is not seen as enough to promote long-term brain health and to prevent neurological diseases.
The areas mentioned for more comprehensive research includes:
~ A standardised approach in the reporting of exercise interventions.
~ Identifying how individuals respond to exercise interventions.
~ An expansion in the population groups studied: more diversity.
~ Harmony in reported and studied data.
~ Pooling data for the purpose of using Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning for analysis.
~ Clearly identifying the mechanism or specific actions and the cognitive implication.
~ The accumulated or relational effect of exercise with other interventions for brain health.
~ The FITT guidelines: Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type.
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