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Distinct effects of acute exercise and breaks in sitting on working memory and executive function in older adults: a three-arm, randomised cross-over trial to evaluate the effects of exercise with and without breaks in sitting on cognition

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  • Michael J Wheeler School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel J Green School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kathryn A Ellis Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ester Cerin Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ilkka Heinonen School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Louise H Naylor School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robyn Larsen Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patrik Wennberg Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carl-Johan Boraxbekk Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jaye Lewis School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nina Eikelis Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute and School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicola T Lautenschlager Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bronwyn A Kingwell Metabolic and Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gavin Lambert Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute and School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Neville Owen Behavioural Epidemiology, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David W Dunstan Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Mr Michael J Wheeler, School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; michael.wheeler{at}baker.edu.au
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Wheeler MJ, Green DJ, Ellis KA, et al
Distinct effects of acute exercise and breaks in sitting on working memory and executive function in older adults: a three-arm, randomised cross-over trial to evaluate the effects of exercise with and without breaks in sitting on cognition
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:776-781.

Publication history

  • Accepted April 1, 2019
  • First published April 29, 2019.
Online issue publication 
June 17, 2020

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