Resistance Training and White Matter Lesion Progression in Older Women: Exploratory Analysis of a 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial

Objectives To assess whether resistance training (RT) slows the progression of white matter lesions (WMLs) in older women. Design Secondary analysis of a 52‐week randomized controlled trial of RT, the Brain Power Study. Setting Community center and research center. Participants Of 155 community‐dwel...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2015-10, Vol.63 (10), p.2052-2060
Main Authors: Bolandzadeh, Niousha, Tam, Roger, Handy, Todd C., Nagamatsu, Lindsay S., Hsu, Chun Liang, Davis, Jennifer C., Dao, Elizabeth, Beattie, B. Lynn, Liu-Ambrose, Teresa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Brain research
Disease Progression
Executive Function
Female
Gait
Geriatrics
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Prospective Studies
Psychiatry
resistance training
Resistance Training - methods
Resistance Training - statistics & numerical data
Single-Blind Method
Sports training
White Matter - pathology
white matter lesions
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Summary:Objectives To assess whether resistance training (RT) slows the progression of white matter lesions (WMLs) in older women. Design Secondary analysis of a 52‐week randomized controlled trial of RT, the Brain Power Study. Setting Community center and research center. Participants Of 155 community‐dwelling women aged 65 to 75 enrolled in the Brain Power Study, 54 who had evidence of WMLs on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline were included in this secondary analysis. Intervention Participants were randomized to once‐weekly RT (1× RT), twice‐weekly RT (2× RT), or twice‐weekly balance and tone (BAT). Assessors were blinded to participant assignments. Measurements WML volume was measured using MRI at baseline and trial completion. Results At trial completion, the 2× RT group had significantly lower WML volume than the BAT group (P = .03). There was no significant difference between the BAT group and the 1× RT group at trial completion (P = .77). Among participants in the two RT groups, reduced WML progression over 12 months was significantly associated with maintenance of gait speed (correlation coefficient (r) = −0.31, P = .049) but not with executive functions (r = 0.30; P = .06). Conclusion Engaging in progressive RT may reduce WML progression.
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1111/jgs.13644