Citation

Monteiro-Junior RS, Vaghetti CA, Nascimento OJ, Laks J, Deslandes AC. Neural Regen. Res. 2016; 11(2): 201-204.

Affiliation

Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Universdiade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neuroscience Laboratory of Exercise, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Neural Regeneration Research, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, P.R. China, Publisher Wolters Kluwer)

DOI

10.4103/1673-5374.177709

PMID

27073355

PMCID

PMC4810966

Abstract

Exergames can be considered a dual task because the games are performed by a man-videogame interface, requiring cognitive and motor functions simultaneously. Although the literature has shown improvements of cognitive and physical functions due to exergames, the intrinsic mechanisms involved in these functional changes have still not been elucidated. The aims of the present study were (1) to demonstrate the known biological mechanisms of physical exercise regarding muscle adaptation and establish a relationship with exergames; and (2) to present a neurobiological hypothesis about the neuroplastic effects of exergames on the cognitive function of institutionalized older persons. These hypotheses are discussed.

Language: en