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Associations of physical fitness with brain structure, pathology and cognition in cognitively normal older adults

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By Niklas Behrenbruch, Eoin Molloy, Berta Garcia-Garcia, Larissa Fischer, Enise I. Incesoy, Jose Bernal, Roberto Duarte Coello, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Niklas Vockert, Patrick Muller, Barbara Morgado, Hermann Esselmann, Constanze Seidenbecher, Björn H. Schott, Henryk Barthel, Osama Sabri, Jens Wiltfang, Michael C Kreissl, Emrah Düzel, Anne Maass, Svenja Schwarck, Beate Schumann-Werner, Anne Hochkeppler, Anna-Therese Büchel, Maria d. C. Valdés-Hernández, Gusalija Behnisch
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Abstract The role of physical fitness in cognitive reserve and brain maintenance remains unclear. We investigated the associations of muscular and aerobic fitness (VO2max) with markers of brain health and cognition in 353 cognitively unimpaired older adults (mean age = 72.77 ±  7.95 years; 177 females). Muscular fitness comprised handgrip strength, appendicular skeletal muscle mass, and Timed-Up-and-Go performance.
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