caa a22 4500 477036899 CHVBK 20180405111307.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02213444 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02213444 Effects of physical exercise on cognitive functioning in the elderly [Elektronische Daten] [Timothy Van Sickle, Michel Hersen, Edward Simco, Michael Melton, Vincent Van Hasselt] In this paper, we summarize the effects of aging on physiological and cognitive processes in elderly individuals, discuss the ameliorative effects of physical exercising on these processes, and present a review of previous reports of the effects of physical exercise on cognitive functioning in the elderly. We also underscore issues concerning research design and methodology. Thirteen of 18 studies provided sufficient information for calculation of statistical power and effect sizes. Although these studies included a total of 87 statistical tests, the power exceeded. 4 in only 10 instances. Despite inadequate power, effects of exercise were strong enough to yield significant results (<.05) in 23 of these tests. Of the 87 effect sizes determined by using pre- to postassessment data for the exercise group, 56 fell within the very small to medium range (.04 to .49), and 15 fell within the medium to large range (.05 to 1.59). We conclude that exercise promotes modest changes in cognitive functioning in the aged. Given demonstrated improvements in both physical and psychological health, a sound empirical basis exists for prescription of exercise for older adults. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 physical exercise nationallicence exercise nationallicence cognitive functioning nationallicence Van Sickle Timothy Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut Hersen Michel Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut Simco Edward Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut Melton Michael Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut Van Hasselt Vincent Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 2/2(1996-04-01), 67-100 1068-9591 2:2<67 1996 2 10769 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02213444 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02213444 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Sickle Timothy Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hersen Michel Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Simco Edward Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Melton Michael Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Hasselt Vincent Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, 33314, Fort Lauderdale, Florida aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 2/2(1996-04-01), 67-100 1068-9591 2:2<67 1996 2 10769 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer